Hiro Sachiya & Abe Takaaki, “Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Compassion” (manga)
薬師如来 慈悲のほとけ（仏教コミックス） · 2013
What it is
A one-volume manga in the “Buddhist Comics” series (Suzuki Shuppan), latest edition 2013.
What the work evokes
A nurse, Miyuki, meets Kimoto, who found inner peace by praying to Yakushi Nyorai; the story introduces this Buddha to the reader.
Quote
« 薬師如来に向かい一心にいのりをささげたとき心の安らぎが木元に訪れた »
“When he prayed to Yakushi Nyorai with all his heart, peace came to him”
Source
- 漫画全巻ドットコム, 『薬師如来 慈悲のほとけ』 www.mangazenkan.com
- Amebaマンガ, 『薬師如来 慈悲のほとけ』 dokusho-ojikan.jp
Checked on 15 October 2026.
Where to find it
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- “Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans” (Rubin Museum, 2022–2023)
- Deva Premal & Miten, “Day 16: Medicine Buddha” (2020)
- Journey to the West (Xiyou ji), chapter 100
- Choi Seong-gak, “The Medicine Buddha Does Not Come” (Korean novella)
- “The Buddhas of Tōkōin”, Fukuoka Art Museum (2026–2027)
- Medicine Buddha sand mandala, El Paso (2026)
- Enbo Hu, “From Sūtra to practice” (dissertation, Munich, 2025)