Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
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Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thousands of Cambodians joined a colorful procession on Friday to return what they believe are Buddha's relics to a mountaintop shrine from where they were stolen three years ago.
The relics contained in a golden urn were placed in a float built around a car, resembling a giant golden swan complete with little temples on it. Four Buddhist monks sat on each corner of the float and prayed throughout the journey.
The float was driven some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh to the Oudong shrine. Buddhist monks, government officials, students and laypeople joined the procession on motorcycles and other vehicles.
The urn was stolen in 2013, and recovered a year later but was temporarily placed at the Royal Palace. Four guards at the shrine and one more person were arrested.
The reinstallation took place on a national holiday to celebrate what is locally known as Visak Bochea, said to be the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar marking the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. It is known by similar names in other Buddhist countries.
Once the relics arrived at its destination, the procession went around the mountain. The chief monks then walked up to the shrine and received the urn from the culture minister.
Read more & Lots more pics: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/art ... hrine.html
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thousands of Cambodians joined a colorful procession on Friday to return what they believe are Buddha's relics to a mountaintop shrine from where they were stolen three years ago.
The relics contained in a golden urn were placed in a float built around a car, resembling a giant golden swan complete with little temples on it. Four Buddhist monks sat on each corner of the float and prayed throughout the journey.
The float was driven some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh to the Oudong shrine. Buddhist monks, government officials, students and laypeople joined the procession on motorcycles and other vehicles.
The urn was stolen in 2013, and recovered a year later but was temporarily placed at the Royal Palace. Four guards at the shrine and one more person were arrested.
The reinstallation took place on a national holiday to celebrate what is locally known as Visak Bochea, said to be the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar marking the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. It is known by similar names in other Buddhist countries.
Once the relics arrived at its destination, the procession went around the mountain. The chief monks then walked up to the shrine and received the urn from the culture minister.
Read more & Lots more pics: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/art ... hrine.html
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Re: Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
All buddha relics are fake, china hv classified all buddha relics as national treasure and hv kept all relics in their vault, so the conspiracy theorists said.
Money is not the problem, the problem is no money
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Re: Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
Careful, those religious folks can be real touchy feely about their faith.
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Re: Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
There are, or were, two churches in Sicily possessing Jesus' foreskin.
As for Francis Xaxier, most of the body is in Goa, an arm is in Rome (except for a fragment of bone formerly in Macau and now in Nagasaki) and two toes
are claimed to be in a reliquary in Portugal.
Waugh claimed that the Turks claim that the head and right hand of John the Baptist were to be seen in Istanbul / Constantinople / Byzantium.
As for Francis Xaxier, most of the body is in Goa, an arm is in Rome (except for a fragment of bone formerly in Macau and now in Nagasaki) and two toes
are claimed to be in a reliquary in Portugal.
Waugh claimed that the Turks claim that the head and right hand of John the Baptist were to be seen in Istanbul / Constantinople / Byzantium.
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Re: Stolen urn containing 'Buddha relics' returned to Cambodian shrine
The four monks were probably praying that some rice soup-for brains, pissed up Lexus driver doesn't wipe them out over the 40km.
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