Buddha’s relics exhibition in Seattle

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Lord Buddha’s relics are on public exhibition from July 18th through July 20th in Seattle Unity Church, Seattle. The exhibition has been organized by The Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour, which does free public exhibition of ancient and sacred relics from the historical Buddha and many other Buddhist masters from Nepal, India, Tibet, Korea & China.

His Holiness the Dalia Lama has graciously offered 8 relics of the historical Buddha to the collection that are over 2,600 years old each. Relics have also been offered from the Sakya Reliquary in Tibet and also from Meiktila Museum in Burma that has housed Buddha Relics for many hundreds of years.

The tour also features relics from over 40 other Buddhist masters from different parts of the world, in all there are over 3,000 relics in this collection. Many of them pearl-like crystals that Tibetans call ‘Ringsel’, in Sanskrit they are called ‘Sarira.’

Exhibition Details:
Seattle Unity Church / Spiritual Community
200 8th Ave N, Seattle, Washington 98109

Friday: 6pm to 8pm Opening Ceremony
Saturday: 10am to 7pm
Sunday: 10am to 5pm

Below are some of the pictures from exhibition and the opening ceremony on Friday, July 18th 2014.

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