The Sutra On The Original Vows And Merits Of The Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, Part 4 of 4

“Ananda, the World Honored Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata has cultivated countless Bodhisattva practices, employed countless skillful means, and made countless far-reaching vows.” “In order to help the patient recover, you should uphold the Eight precepts for seven days and seven nights, make offerings of food, drinks, and other necessities to monks and nuns in accordance with your means, you should pay homage and make offerings to the World Honored Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata from day to night and recite this sutra forty-nine times. …Furthermore, you should release forty-nine species of animals. The patient may then escape danger and will not be under the sway of evil demons, nor subject to untimely death.” “Those of you who wish to repay the benevolence and the virtues of the World Honored Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, should always benefit and bring joy to all sentient beings in this way.”