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Buddhist Relics -
Mina - Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:14:57 +0530
The tour is now in Chicago, so I took darshan yesterday and snapped a bunch of digital pix. One of our guru-bhais is a sponsor of the project.
I am going to email them to Madhava so that he can post them here.
Madhava - Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:58:32 +0530
So, here we go, finally. I am not an expert on what's in each picture, so perhaps Ramdas can fill in the gaps.
I wonder if we -- that is, the Gaudiyas -- have anything of the sort available.
Madhava - Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:59:47 +0530
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Mina - Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:14:17 +0530
Thanks for posting the photos, Madhava.
From what little I know about these (not being an expert on Tibetan Buddhism), they are what was left behind after the siddhas of that tradition were cremated. Nitai tells me that one of the pieces is a thigh bone, although what I saw was just a small piece of bone. The rest are pearl like stones and various crystals. The Buddhists hold these to be evidence of the wisdom of their saints that have been left behind by them. The Maitreya Project, sponsored by the Dalai Lama and actor Richard Gere, is for the purpose of building a fifty story Deity of the future Buddha (Maitreya) which will house a temple, museum and the many relics. It will be built in Uttar Pradesh, India.