The Medicine Buddha is the Buddha of Healing - the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings The practice of Medicine Buddha, the Supreme Healer (or Sangay Menla in Tibetan) is not only a very powerful method for healing and increasing healing powers both for oneself and others, but also for overcoming the inner sickness of attachment, hatred, and ignorance, thus to meditate on the Medicine Buddha can help decrease physical and mental illness and suffering Meditating with a medicine Buddha creates great therapeutic energy, which is useful for healing oneself and others. His left hand is in the meditation mudra, resting in his lap and holding a begging bowl filled with medicinal nectar and apsara fruit. His right hand rests upon his knee with palm facing outward in the mudra granting blessings and holds the stem of a myrobalan plant (Terminalia chebula), renowned as the king among medicines because of its effectiveness in treating both mental and physical diseases The Medicine Buddha mantra is held to be extremely powerful for healing of physical illnesses and purification of negative karma