27 May 2010

Your chance to see bits of Buddha

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According to Joy Burch body parts of Buddha himself are in Canberra and can be seen at the Belconnen Arts Centre this afternoon.

Yes my mind is boggling too.

Tomorrow and on Saturday they’ll be on display from 9am to 9pm at the the Sri Lankan Buddhist temple in Kambah (mind boggles again).

Ms Burch urged all Canberrans to attend and learn more the sacred relics, which are believed to be fragments of Buddha’s bones and more than 2500 years old, before they moved on to another city as part of the national tour.

“Although other Buddhist relics have been shown in Australia, this is the first time Australia will permanently house such valuable relics.”

So there you go.

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ConanOfCooma said :

Man, I gots da real Buddha bitz at homes.

i had some too, on a stick, but they all burnt…

Bosworth said :

Are these actually fragments of Buddha’s bones?

I’ve looked for research into this very topic and like most religious artifacts it’s hard to find anyone willing to let the scientists touch them. They’ll talk about miraculous activity but won’t let you run them through the spectrograph.

Are there any Buddhist scientists on the Riot who have any idea about what’s going on with relics?

georgesgenitals said :

Wraith said :

Mr Evil said :

Wraith said :

I’ve got a bone everyone can see for free if they want……….

Is it 2500 years old???

I was waiting for that one. Feels like it sometimes….

Why? Is is very dry and hard?

Only during the cold weather.

ConanOfCooma10:28 am 28 May 10

Man, I gots da real Buddha bitz at homes.

Jim Jones said :

I vaguely remember an old history professor saying something like: “If you traveled the globe and got all the pieces of the ‘true cross’ together, you’d be able to build a two-story house with the wood.

That doesn’t work for Buddha relics. They spontaneously increase in volume all the time. They’re like yeast, after a while you can break some off and give it to a friend.

I sniffed a part of Mohommad’s beard in Istanbul.

Seriously. And it is really important to the people to visit that particular mosque to do so.

I have the knucklebone from Jesus’s right hand to sell you. If the price is too high, I have a smaller knucklebone (which came from when he was a child) for a slightly cheaper price.

I vaguely remember an old history professor saying something like: “If you traveled the globe and got all the pieces of the ‘true cross’ together, you’d be able to build a two-story house with the wood.

georgesgenitals9:26 am 28 May 10

Wraith said :

Mr Evil said :

Wraith said :

I’ve got a bone everyone can see for free if they want……….

Is it 2500 years old???

I was waiting for that one. Feels like it sometimes….

Why? Is is very dry and hard?

Mr Evil said :

Wraith said :

I’ve got a bone everyone can see for free if they want……….

Is it 2500 years old???

I was waiting for that one. Feels like it sometimes….

Saw the tooth relic in Sri Lanka in a temple about 10 years ago, Kandy I think. They take it very seriously, full on airport type security and lots of people even outside of celebration/sacred time.
Hard to say really what’s inside the vessels but it it floats your boat spiritually then who are we to argue.

Wraith said :

I’ve got a bone everyone can see for free if they want……….

Is it 2500 years old???

I’ve got a bone everyone can see for free if they want……….

“are believed to be fragments of Buddha’s bones and more than 2500 years old”

Are these actually fragments of Buddha’s bones?

Thats what relics are supposed to be.

As to veracity? Well that’s a whole other argument. But people definitely believe they are real.

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