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Buddha's Disciple Relics - Sariputra.

Due to my very strong affinity with the sacred Buddhist amulets from Thailand, i will bring you more articles about temples you always wish to visit, biography of the monks, forgetten legends and stories, fascinating rituals and all the other intriguing happenings of Thai amulet circle.
Friday, October 16, 2009

Holy Lights From Tibet - Buddha's Disciple Relics - Sariputra.
The collection includes relics of the historical Buddha and his closest disciples, Mogallana, Sariputra, Purna, Sivali, Upali, Katyayana and Ananda as well as relics of many other Buddhist spiritual masters from many traditions.

Sariputra was foremost in wisdom.

Rare Sariputra relics aggregate.Rare Sariputra and Purna relics aggregate.
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Sariputra came from a Brahmin family and had already embarked on life as a spiritual ascetic when he encountered the teachings of the Buddha. Sariputra had a close friend Maha Mogallana, another wandering ascetic. They both renounced the world on the same day and became disciples of the sceptic Sanjaya Belatthaputta before converting to Buddhism.
After hearing of the Buddha's teachings from a monk named Assaji, Sariputra sought out the Buddha and became an adherent to his teachings. These two are often depicted together with the Buddha, and several sutras regard interactions between Sariputra and Maha Mogallana (who became renowned among the early Buddhists for his mastery of supernatural powers).
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See more information of Thai amulets at:
http://www.thaiamulets-dhammapath.blogspot.com/

Shakyamuni's Nirvana and Buddha relics

Buddhism founder Shakyamuni went into Nirvana at the age of 80 on the 15th of February in Chinese lunar calendar. This date is a major Buddhism festival.

Shakyamuni's finger relic.

After Shakyamuni's Nirvana his body was cremated. After cremation, there were a lot of relics left including bone relics, teeth relics, a middle finger relic and large amount of pearl shape relics. These relics were divided into eight parts and given to the eight countries of ancient India. They took the Buddha relics back to their respective countries and built stupa to preserve and worship the Buddha relics.

The gold tower in which Shakyamuni's finger relic is preserved.

These relics looked shiny and are even harder than iron. When some monk's relics were struck with a iron hammer, the relics were not deformed a single bit when the iron hammer is deformed.

The middle finger relics of Shakyamuni is now being preserved in Fa

Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple

Today, Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple (GPBT) is fortunate to be a custodian of this particular tooth relic as a gift from the abbot who discovered it in Myanmar. The abbot of GPBT, Venerable Shi Fazhao, attributes this rare chance to merits that GPBT gained in the process of rebuilding temples in Bagan, Myanmar

Date: 5th July 2002