4 Classes of illness: Accdg to the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni, recorded in the Sutra on Entering the Womb, there are four classes of ilnesses: 1. First are those ilnesses which are relatively inconsequential, and from these illnesses one will recover whether or not one takes medicines. 2. Second class of illness includes more serious, even dangerous, illnesses, but can be treated by the appropriate medicines, and many effective modern medical procedures, such as acupuncture, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, etc. 3. Third includes those for which medicines are of no use, illnesses from which one cannot recover simply through the use of medicines or other medical procedures...but only through the practice of appropriate spiritual techniques taught in the buddhadharma. 4. The fourth class of illness includes those which have a karmicly determined irreversibly terminal nature. When one’s body manifests such an illness, death is inevitable and no amount of medicine or medical procedure can prevent it. In fact, the use of medicines in such cases—with the exception of narcotics for pain—only serves to increase one’s suffering. - Medicine Buddha Teachings, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:40:38 +0000
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