Procession takes Buddha relics to Oudong.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:57 pm

Looks like rather a large and important procession, so it was fortunate that the Minister was just passing by and managed to catch it.
Holy Relics Arrive in the Kingdom

Thousands of monks and followers gathered at Oudong’s Athareus pagoda on Sunday to welcome the arrival of what they believe to be remains of the Lord Buddha, Ministry of Religions and Cults spokesman Seng Somony said.

He added that the government had not been made aware of the items and could not confirm their authenticity. Mr. Somony happened upon the procession at Athareus while inaugurating a new monastery, he said.

“Both events happened smoothly at the same time. We saw monks from Sri Lanka participate in our inauguration of the new monastery too,” he said...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26581/ ... e-kingdom/

bolueeleh · Post by **bolueeleh** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:16 pm

if its the cremated remains of lord buddha then its a fake, china kept all real remains in their vaults, they started doing this a long time ago

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:49 pm

bolueeleh wrote:if its the cremated remains of lord buddha then its a fake, china kept all real remains in their vaults, they started doing this a long time ago

How do you figure that? The supposed relics were sent to lots of countries, how would they all have ended up in China?

mammothboy2 · Post by **mammothboy2** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:26 pm

Kandy in Ceylon has the Buddha's Tooth.

Goa has most of Francis Xavier.

Two rival churches in Sicily have the foreskin of Jesus.

Ivy Guest House in Siem Reap has Pol Pot's toilet seat from his last Anlong Veng redoubt.

willyhilly · Post by **willyhilly** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:16 am

Wouldn't these be the relics recovered from the thieving security guards, a bit of eye lash and toe nail? Good to hear that the toilet seat is in safe hands, there used to be a guy in Anglong Veng who had Pol Pot's thong.