An Overview of "Removing All Karmic Obstacles", A Medicine Buddha practice

This is an overview of the "Removing All Karmic Obstacles" practice, which is based on the Medicine Buddha Sutra.
If you are interested in participating in this practice (which will occur on the first Saturday of every month) please send an email to [e-mail]. You can also register through eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/monthly-medicine-buddha-sutra-practice-saturday-june-1-2024-tickets-904171099097
The slides used in this class are available for download in both PowerPoint and PDF format here:
PDF:
https:/www.mindisbuddha.org/class-uploads/overview-of-removing-all-karmic-obstacles.pdf
PowerPoint:
https:/www.mindisbuddha.org/class-uploads/overview-of-removing-all-karmic-obstacles.pptx
The document "Removing All Karmic Obstacles" referred to in the video (including the full text of the Medicine Buddha Sutra that will be used in the practice) is here:
https:/www.mindisbuddha.org/class-uploads/removing-all-karmic-obstacles.pdf
At ~8:43 I wasn't able to remember the name of the central figure in the beautiful Shinjung Taenghwa painting from Furnace Mountain. The name that I couldn't remember is "Dongjin Bosal". If you want to know more at Dongjin Bosal and Shinjung Taenghwa paintings, check out this excellent post over at the always interesting "Korean Temple Guide" Website:
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The place that I get my five-colored cords from is "Marion Jewels in Fiber":
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At ~17:10 I (falsely, as it turns out) state that I will "show some examples" from my own wish lists. Sorry I forgot to include that! But if you download the "Removing All Karmic Obstacles" pdf file, you will find seven of my wish list items in the "Introduction" (see, specifically, starting on page iii).
At ~19:42 I state "In Buddhism there are five kinds of practice ...." Of course I meant to say "three" instead of five! Body, speech, mind.
When I was making this video I was still trying to work out the best way to pronounce the names of the Yakcha Daejangs. I think the following is better than what is shown in the video. The only difference is using "La Dae Jang" instead of "Ra Dae Jang". This is both easier to say and also (I hope) a little closer to the Korean pronunciation:
Gung Bi La Daejang,
Beol Jeol La Daejang,
Mi Gi La Daejang,
An Jeo La Daejang,
Al Ni La Daejang,
San Jeo La Daejang,
In Dal La Daejang,
Pa I La Daejang,
Ma Ho La Daejang,
Jin Dal La Daejang,
Cho Du La Daejang, and
Bi Gal La Daejang.
The schedule for the monthly practice is below (note that the starting time for the sessions alternate between 3pm and 6pm Eastern Time,):
February 3 (6 PM)
March 2 (3 PM)
April 6 (6 PM)
May 4 (3 PM)
June 1 (6 PM)
July 6 (3 PM)
August 3 (6 PM)
September 7 (3 PM)
October 5 (6 PM)
November 2 (3 PM)
December 7 (6 PM)
January 4, 2025 (3 PM)

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Ive been looking for a video explaining this for years.