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 The
history of the arising of Buddha’s relics
The
cause of arising of the Buddha’s relics was from the desire of our
Lord Buddha before his Parinibbāna
(the Great Decease of the Buddha).
Normally,
the Buddha who lived a long life to settle the Buddhist Legend,
had his own relics in a piece of natural golden bar, which could
not be shared among the people in their Buddha period and could
not be placed anywhere. Hence the construction of the Buddhist sanctuary
was required to be done in one place only. Our present Lord Buddha
(Sakyamuni Buddha)
considered that his teaching period was only 45 years which he thought
not too much compared with the previous Buddhas. He also thought
that his instructions were not expanded enough and taught to those
who were not yet born on time in his legend. Anyone who received
his relics for respecting would get a lot of Puñña
(the accumulation of good blessing, fortune
or well-being) so he wished that his relics be scattered
to all directions except 7 pieces (1 frontal bone, 4 teeth and 2
collarbones).
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