Buddha (nyorai)
Konjiki Hōkō Myōgyō Jōjuō Nyorai
金色宝光妙行成就王如来
One of the Seven Yakushi Buddhas. The first vow in the Yakushi Rurikō Shichibutsu Hongan Kudoku Kyō is taught as a wish that people be freed from the suffering caused by acts such as killing, live long in good health and move toward awakening.
This introduction is based on materials from Shōhōin (Tobi Fudō). It is summarized within the scope of the beliefs and traditions those materials convey, and does not present explanations or customs common to all schools, shrines, and temples.
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The wish for people seen in the first vow
The first vow in the same sutra is taught as a wish that people be freed from the suffering caused by acts such as killing, live long in good health and move toward awakening. This is one example of the original vows taught in the sutra and not a full account of this nyorai's vows.
Source: CBETA／義浄訳
The pure land described in the sutra
Gijō's translation of the Yakushi Rurikō Shichibutsu Hongan Kudoku Kyō gives the name of the pure land as "円満香積" and describes it as lying in the east, beyond countless buddha worlds.
Source: CBETA／義浄訳・飛不動尊 正宝院
Seven pure lands in the east, and prayers for good health
The Seven Yakushi Buddhas are a group of buddhas, from Zenmyōshō Kichijōō Nyorai to Yakushi Rurikō Nyorai, said to dwell in seven pure lands in the east. Within faith in Yakushi, they are enshrined with prayers for things such as relief from the suffering of illness. The pure land of the last, Yakushi Rurikō Nyorai, is called the Jōruri Pure Land.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Prayers handed down as the Shichibutsu Yakushi rite
Shōhōin introduces the Shichibutsu Yakushi rite, which enshrines seven Yakushi figures, and a tradition that Ryōgen of the Tendai school prayed for safe childbirth in the regent (Sekkan) family. This is the history of a rite performed with the seven buddhas as one set.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：金色宝光妙行成就王如来」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：目次」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：七仏薬師」（2026-10-14 確認）
- CBETA／義浄訳「薬師瑠璃光七仏本願功徳経（大正蔵14・451）」（2026-10-16 確認）