Which Pagoda or Cetiya contains Lord Buddha's relics?

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zak
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Re: Which Pagoda or Cetiya contains Lord Buddha's relics?

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Ontheway wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:06 am Been thinking to have a pilgrimage trip once Covid19 pandemic is over, want to pay homage to the places where Lord Buddha's relics reside.

But the problem is, which stupa contains real relics?

I search on internet and they give me Shwedagon pagoda, Phra Pathommachedi, Mahiyangana Stupa...

Anyone got info? Thanks.
You should visit Shwedagon pagoda. It has four previous buddhas relics. Not only Gottama buddha.
Ontheway
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Re: Which Pagoda or Cetiya contains Lord Buddha's relics?

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zak wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:07 am
Ontheway wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:06 am Been thinking to have a pilgrimage trip once Covid19 pandemic is over, want to pay homage to the places where Lord Buddha's relics reside.

But the problem is, which stupa contains real relics?

I search on internet and they give me Shwedagon pagoda, Phra Pathommachedi, Mahiyangana Stupa...

Anyone got info? Thanks.
You should visit Shwedagon pagoda. It has four previous buddhas relics. Not only Gottama buddha.
Hi, Zak. About Shwedagon pagoda, I have questions. How the relics of previous Sammasambuddhas can still exist in present age? Those relics preserved by who? Assuming they exist during the time of Gotama Buddha, why the Pali Tipitaka did not mention them?

Any explanations from the Burmese Theravada Buddhist tradition? :anjali:
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.

https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
zak
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Re: Which Pagoda or Cetiya contains Lord Buddha's relics?

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Ontheway wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:10 am
zak wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:07 am
Ontheway wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:06 am Been thinking to have a pilgrimage trip once Covid19 pandemic is over, want to pay homage to the places where Lord Buddha's relics reside.

But the problem is, which stupa contains real relics?

I search on internet and they give me Shwedagon pagoda, Phra Pathommachedi, Mahiyangana Stupa...

Anyone got info? Thanks.
You should visit Shwedagon pagoda. It has four previous buddhas relics. Not only Gottama buddha.
Hi, Zak. About Shwedagon pagoda, I have questions. How the relics of previous Sammasambuddhas can still exist in present age? Those relics preserved by who? Assuming they exist during the time of Gotama Buddha, why the Pali Tipitaka did not mention them?

Any explanations from the Burmese Theravada Buddhist tradition? :anjali:
Burmese legend states that the site for the Shwedagon was asked from Sakka but he is not old enough to know about that so he asked from older earth deities. Pagoda was asked to be revealed from an five old nats (earth deities) .
Ontheway
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Re: Which Pagoda or Cetiya contains Lord Buddha's relics?

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zak wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:40 am
Ontheway wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:10 am
zak wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:07 am
You should visit Shwedagon pagoda. It has four previous buddhas relics. Not only Gottama buddha.
Hi, Zak. About Shwedagon pagoda, I have questions. How the relics of previous Sammasambuddhas can still exist in present age? Those relics preserved by who? Assuming they exist during the time of Gotama Buddha, why the Pali Tipitaka did not mention them?

Any explanations from the Burmese Theravada Buddhist tradition? :anjali:
Burmese legend states that the site for the Shwedagon was asked from Sakka but he is not old enough to know about that so he asked from older earth deities. Pagoda was asked to be revealed from an five old nats (earth deities) .
I see, thanks for the answer. Interesting.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.

https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
simsapa
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Re: Which Pagoda or Cetiya contains Lord Buddha's relics?

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Xuanzang wrote about various stupas and sites he encountered during his travels. Maybe you could find something useful in there. But I'm guessing a lot of those sites are underground at this point.
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