<p>This article <a href="http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/sick.html" rel="nofollow">Ministering to the Sick and the Terminally Ill</a> contains examples (references to suttas and the vinaya), certainly of caring for or ministering to people who are physically unwell.</p>

<p>There are also some accounts of people being "healed": see for example the paragraphs which begin,</p>

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  <p>It seems that those who are highly developed mentally are able to suppress illness ...</p>
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<p>See also the paragraph which begins,</p>

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  <p>The advice given by Nakulamata to Nakulapita ...</p>
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<p>Perhaps you could say that by teaching his path he healed many people; but what I meant is more direct, physical healing: is there something written about that?</p>

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Did the Buddha ever cure someone?
# Did the Buddha ever cure someone?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-20)

Perhaps you could say that by teaching his path he healed many people; but what I meant is more direct, physical healing: is there something written about that?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-20. Score: 3

This article [Ministering to the Sick and the Terminally Ill](http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/sick.html) contains examples (references to suttas and the vinaya), certainly of caring for or ministering to people who are physically unwell.

There are also some accounts of people being "healed": see for example the paragraphs which begin,

> It seems that those who are highly developed mentally are able to suppress illness ...

See also the paragraph which begins,

> The advice given by Nakulamata to Nakulapita ...


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