Third floor. If your pet needs long-term treatment or lives with ongoing pain, come up and talk to the Medicine Buddha.
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Legend has it that the Medicine Buddha lives in a world of lapis lazuli, radiating a lapis light, and vowed to relieve all beings of illness.
Behind our Medicine Buddha glows a band of blue-green light. The founder and the master carver asked themselves how to carve lapis light into wood, and settled on a Tiffany-like blue-green behind the statue, so the light seems to shine through from behind.
If your pet takes medicine long term, goes for regular check-ups or has aching joints in old age, come up to the third floor and tell him.
If your pet needs ongoing medicine or regular check-ups, tell the Medicine Buddha about their illness.
For older pets with aching joints or chronic illness, ask the Medicine Buddha to ease their pain.
Light a Medicine Buddha Lamp for your pet. It stays lit for a full year, and you can light one online.
No incense is needed on the third floor; simply put your palms together.
Come up to the third floor and introduce yourself and your pet: your name, your pet’s name and where you live.
Tell him about your pet’s illness and the treatment they are having.
The 30th day of the 9th lunar month (8 November in 2026). If your pet is unwell, come up to the third floor that day and talk to the Medicine Buddha.
The Sunlight and Moonlight Bodhisattvas stand on either side of the Medicine Buddha. Legend has it that one lights the day and the other the night, helping the Medicine Buddha watch over the sick.
Ours are carved very simply, with just a sun and a moon, because the founder wanted to save the richest detail for the Medicine Buddha.
A blessing is extra protection alongside modern medicine. If your pet is unwell, please see a vet first.