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Ganga-Mekong Holy Buddha Relics Dhammayatra<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Ganga-Mekong Holy Buddha Relics Dhammayatra<\/strong><\/p>

BodhigayaVijjalaya 980 Institute has a main mission to operate project activities to drive the propagation of Buddhism both nationally and internationally to create cooperation and exchange knowledge, create good understanding for living together peacefully by using the principles of Buddhism to develop sustainable and stable prosperity on the path of the Noble Path.<\/p>

Bodhigaya Institute is an independent, non-profit organization, founded by the gathering of Buddhists who know the great virtues of the Triple Gem, working together with determination to create stability in Buddhism by instilling faith in Buddhism through various project activities, using cooperation from various networks, both government sector, private organizations, groups of people, and individuals, to achieve success. And with the awareness of the crises that humanity faces that can be completely solved by Buddhism, Bodhgaya Institute has been working in accordance with this mission for 17 years and has outstanding and well-known achievements, namely: Dhammayatra of the 5 countries of the Mekong River Basin (Cambodia-Thailand-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam)<\/strong> The objective is to follow in the footsteps of the Lord Buddha in practicing Dhamma, to unite the faith of the Buddhists in the Mekong River Basin to be united as having the same Father, the Lord Buddha, with the Mekong River as a mother that nourishes the people in this region to live a stable life, and to proclaim Buddhism, to continue the Buddha's Buddhist aspirations to continue and preserve them as a Dhamma heritage for future generations.
The Mekong River Basin Dharma Yatra 5 Countries has already been held twice:<\/p>

1st Dhammayatra 5 Lands: Following the footsteps of the noble monks of the Mekong River Basin<\/strong> Held between 21 May \u2013 4 June 2017 and the opening ceremony of Dhammayatra was held at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, Kingdom of Cambodia, chaired by Buddhist leaders and leaders of the Kingdom of Cambodia as follows: His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia and His Excellency Ho Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia<\/strong><\/p>

2nd Dhammayatra 5 Mekong Basin: Buddhist Diplomacy for World Peace<\/strong> Held between 15 \u2013 31 October 2019 and held a ceremonyClosing of the Dhammayatra and paying homage to the ancient kings at Angkor Wat Temple, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia<\/strong> With the leaders of the monks and leaders of the country in the Kingdom of Cambodia as the chairman, as follows: His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia and General Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia<\/strong><\/p>

The Dhammayatra project aims to follow in the footsteps of the Lord Buddha in studying and practicing Dhamma, to unite the stream of faith of the Buddhists in the Mekong River basin to be united as one, as they have the same Father, the Lord Buddha, with the Mekong River as a mother that nourishes the people in this region to live a stable life, and to proclaim Buddhism, continue the Buddha's Buddhist aspiration to last forever, and to preserve it as a Dhamma heritage for future generations.<\/p>

From the success of the 2 previous Dhammayatra events of the 5 countries, it was possible to create a power of faith and unity among the people of the 5 countries to occur widely and grandly, leading to the 3rd Dhammayatra project under the name {Ganga-Mekong Holy Buddha Relics Dhammayatra}(India-Thai)<\/strong> It is a project to invite the relics of the Lord Buddha (real bones) along with the relics of Sariputta and Maha Moggallana from India for people to pay homage and is an important historical symbol of the visit of the Lord Buddha to bestow blessings on Buddhists after a hiatus of more than 1 century. The pilgrimage to the relics of the Lord Buddha, which will be the greatest project because it is a pilgrimage connecting the land of the Lord Buddha from the great Ganga River in India to the land of Buddhism in the Mekong River Basin of Thailand. It is the introduction of the relics of the Lord Buddha by the Indian government from the National Museum of India, followed by the relics of the left and right chief disciples, Sariputta and Maha Moggallana from the great stupa of Sanchi, India, between 23 February - 19 March 2024.<\/p>

In preparing for the Ganga-Mekong Holy Buddha Relics Dhammayatra, the invitation of the Buddha's Relics along with the relics of Sariputta and Maha Moggallana from India is a collaboration between the Indian government and the Thai government, along with Wat Thai Buddhagaya, Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit, Wat Suvarnabhumi Phutthachaitri, and Bodhiyawichalai Institute 980 to connect and spread the power of faith of the people in Buddhism in both regions to be steadfast and everlasting, create the benefits of the principles of Dhamma to create the power of unity and goodness of all mankind, to live together peacefully based on the philosophy and teachings of the Lord Buddha, and also provide an opportunity for the people to pay homage and be an important historical symbol of the visit of the Lord Buddha to bestow blessings on Buddhists after a gap of almost 1 century. The visit of the Buddha's Relics this time also provides an opportunity for Buddhists to carry out religious activities together. To create a Dharma network to pass on love, unity and create peace through Dharma in Asia, the birthplace of Buddhism, which has been firmly established for over 2,600 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Schedule of the Ganga-Mekong Holy Buddha Relics Dhammayatra<\/strong><\/p>

Ganga-Mekong Holy Buddha Relics Dhammayatra has a schedule to invite the relics of the Lord Buddha. Representatives of the Indian government will invite the relics of the Lord Buddha from the National Museum of India in New Delhi, Republic of India, along with the relics of Sariputta and Maha Moggallana from the Sanchi Stupa, India, to be enshrined in Thailand on 22 February 2024. The invitation ceremony will be held on 23 February 2024 at the Sanam Luang Ceremonial Ground and will be open for the public to pay homage from 24 February to 3 March 2024. After that, they will be invited to Chiang Mai Province - Ubon Ratchathani Province - Krabi Province and then invited to return to the Republic of India.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The relics of the Lord Buddha<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The life story of Buddha (briefly)<\/strong><\/p>

Prince Siddhattha was born to King Suddhodana of Kapilavastu (identified in Piprahva, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh) and Queen Maya around 563 BC, which is an important event in the history of mankind. At the age of 29, he abandoned worldly pleasures and set out on a tireless quest for salvation. While sitting under the Bodhi tree with a strong desire, he said, \u201c\u2026 I will not rise from this seat until I have attained the highest and perfect knowledge.\u201d He attained enlightenment, known as Kvatama (his Gotra Buddha) (the Perfect Buddha) at the age of 35. Later, at the age of 45, he traveled to teach the Dharma (Saddharma) in many areas and helped people and communities to attain the Dharma (become a monk).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Distribution of Relics: The Buddha passed away or attained Mahaparinirvana at the age of 80 at Kusinagara. When he was nearing his passing away, Ananda asked the Buddha who would guide him after his passing away. The Buddha replied that it was his teachings and Dhamma. Milindapanaha states, \u201cHe who sees the Dhamma sees the Buddha\u201d (Mil., 71). And in Mahavastu, it says, \u201cWhen one sees the relics, one sees the Buddha\u201d (Mhv.133).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Although the Buddha had passed away, his precious relics were still revered as the symbol of the Perfectly Enlightened Buddha. The Mallas of Kusinagara cremated the Buddha's body in a royal ceremony (cakravatin). His relics from the crematorium were collected and distributed by the brahmin Dhona of Kusinagara to the king and monks, with eight portions being given to:<\/p>

1. King Ajaatshatruof Magadha<\/p>

2. The king Licchavis of Vaishali<\/p>

3. The Sakya king of Kapilavastu<\/p>

4. The Malla King of Kusinara<\/p>

5. King Tuliya of the Allakappa<\/p>

6. The Malla King of Pava<\/p>

7. The Koliya King of Ramakhamhaeng<\/p>

8. The great Brahmin of the Vettadipaka<\/p>

The relics of the Lord Buddha are commemorated in eight stupas, and two stupas have been discovered, one on the casket where the relics were kept, and the other on the ashes. Thus, the stupas were built on the site of the cremation of the Buddha's body (Saririka-stupas), making them the oldest surviving sacred sites. It is said that Emperor Ashoka (c. 272-232 BCE), a devout Buddhist, opened seven of these eight stupas and enshrined most of the relics in the countless stupas (84,000 stupas) built by him in his efforts to spread Buddhism and the Dharma.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kapilavastu Piprahwa<\/strong><\/p>

The relics, which are under the care of the National Museum, New Delhi, were excavated from Piprahwa in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, formerly part of the ancient city of Kapilavastu. The mound at Piprahwa has also been identified with ancient Kapilavastu. The discovery of an inscribed sarcophagus by British colonial engineer and estate manager William Claxton Pepp\u00e9 (1852-1936) in 1898 at the site of the stupa was a breakthrough. The inscription on the lid of the casket refers to the relics of the Buddha and his Sakya clan, which reads:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Translator of the inscription: Sri Subhuthi Mahanayake Thero of Waskaduwa Temple, Sri Lanka, Assistant Archaeologist Team, and Mr. Pepe<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The discovery prompted several further expeditions. Further excavations of the stupa, partly excavated by Peppe, by the Archaeological Survey of India (1971\u20131977), in addition to revealing three stages of construction, also uncovered two more caskets, one to the north and the other to the south, of a pit containing 22 relics: 12 from the larger casket and 10 from the smaller casket. Twenty of the sacred bones are housed in the National Museum, New Delhi, while the remaining two are on display at the Indian Museum, Kolkata.<\/p>

Later, with the discovery of more than forty clay seals from various depths and locations in the Eastern monastery at Piprahwa, according to the legend \u2018Om Devaputra Vihara Kapilavastu Bhikkhu Sanghasa\u2019 meaning \u2018community of Kapilavastu monks living in the Devaputra Vihara\u2019 and \u2018Mahakapilavastu Bhikkhu Sanghasa\u2019 in the Brahmin language of the 1st and 2nd century AD, this is sufficient evidence to confirm that Piprahwa is the ancient Kapilavastu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Timeline since 1898 (2441 BE)<\/strong><\/p>

\u2013 1898 :<\/strong> The British colonial engineer William Claxton Pepp\u00e9 discovered a stone chest containing five vases containing offerings including beads, pearls, precious and semiprecious stones, bones and ashes. A replica of the offerings was kept by Pepp\u00e9, while the majority of the offerings were handed over to the Indian Museum in Kolkata.<\/p>

- 1899 :<\/strong> The relics in the stone casket were offered to King Chulalongkorn of Thailand. The relics were further divided into three parts and given to Thailand, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. In Thailand, the relics are enshrined in a stupa on the top of Suwannabanpot in Bangkok. Every year during the Loi Krathong festival, there is a seven-day, seven-night festival that has become a tradition to pay homage to the relics. Mr. Peppe gave another part of the relics as a token of gratitude to Phra Sri Subhuthi Mahanayake Thero, who helped with the excavation. This part is kept at Waskaduwaa Viharaya in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.<\/p>

- 1951-1952 :<\/strong> The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) took over the excavations at Piprahwa after the abolition of the Zamindari system in Uttar Pradesh and enabled further excavations at the site.<\/p>

\u2013 1971 \u2013 1977 :<\/strong> The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out excavations at Piprahwa between 1971 and 1977 under the supervision of Shri. K. M. Srivastava, Director (Archaeology). The team recovered two steatite caskets containing twelve sacred relics from a larger casket and ten sacred relics from a smaller casket.<\/p>

- 1997 :<\/strong> The Golden Pavilion was given as a gift to the museum by the Thai royal family.<\/p>

\u2013 Current status :<\/strong> Some of these sacred relics were taken to Sri Lanka (1976,2012) (1976, 2012), Mongolia (1993,2022) (1993,2022), Singapore (1994) (1994), South Korea (1995) (1995) and Thailand (1995) (Dec 1995), Singapore (1997) (1997). The sacred relics (20 bone fragments) on loan to the National Museum by the Archaeological Survey of India. Now in the safe custody of the National Museum, New Delhi, with the remaining two at the Indian Museum, Kolkata, the sacred relics will go on display in Thailand and Cambodia in February 2024, the second such exhibition in Thailand in 27 years (showing the moon's celestial movement through 27 stars) and the first in Cambodia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The relics of the Arahant<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The relics of the Buddha's chief disciples, Sariputta and Moggallana, were excavated and found at Sanchi and Satdhara (approximately 10 km west of Sanchi) in Madhya Pradesh, India in 1851 by British archaeologists Major Alexander Cunningham and Captain Frederick Charles Maisey, who later sold them to the Victoria and Albert Museum in England in 1921. Meanwhile, the Mahabodhi Society in England, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and India, throughout the period of appeal and attempts to bring the relics back from England, were finally successful in 1948.\n<\/p>\n

Immediately after its return, the relic was exhibited throughout Asia before being re-enshrined in Sanchi in 1952. This was the climax of several important collaborations, including the colonial archaeology project to establish a historical museum of Buddha, the rise of Buddhist nationalism in the subcontinent and Buddhism throughout Asia, and the cultural nation-building project of the Independence of India.\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In the early days, the relics of the Arahants, including the relics of the Lord Buddha, were not for worship but were enshrined in stupas for the faithful to visit to \u201cexperience the essence of the existence of the Lord Buddha as a great teacher, including senior disciples, monks and nuns.\u201d Later, around the 2nd century BCE (300 CE), when Buddhism was accepted in various continents, the worship of relics began to spread more widely in Buddhism. Relics other than the relics of the Lord Buddha also began to be worshipped and supported by various states.<\/p>

Sariputta and Moggallana were Brahmins and the Buddha's favorite disciples after Ananda. They attained nirvana near Rajagriha (now Rajagriha in Magadha), and their relics are enshrined in stupas built in the area. The earliest historical accounts of stupas containing their relics are recorded by two Chinese pilgrims, Fa-Hien (399-411 CE) and Xuanzang (629-641 CE), who visited Buddhist holy sites in India and mentioned that their relics were enshrined in stupas at Mathura. The records were discovered by Alexander Cunningham, Director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), during an archaeological excavation of a Buddhist site.<\/p>

Based on the travelogues of two Chinese pilgrims and the Buddhist text Ashoka Vedanta, Alexander argues that the Mauryan emperor Ashoka opened eight stupas immediately after the Buddha's death and distributed the relics and those of his chief disciples among the thousands of stupas he built across the subcontinent. As a result, some of the relics of Sariputta and Maudgalyana are preserved in stupas at Sanchi.<\/p>

In 1849, Major Alexander Cunningham and Captain Fred C. Macey were commissioned by the British Government of India to prepare an exhibition on the stupas at Sanchi. In 1851, they excavated Stupas 2 and 3, and discovered the reliquaries of Sariputta and Moggallana in Stupa 3. The soapstone or steatite reliquaries were placed in two stone cases, each containing a small bone fragment, garnet beads, lapis lazuli beads, crystal beads and pearls. Sariputta's reliquaries also contained two pieces of sandalwood, presumably from his cremation site. Similar reliquaries were also found in Stupa 2 at Satdhara (40 km from Sanchi).<\/p>

Unfortunately, the excavation took place during the colonial period, when Major Alexander and Captain Frederick divided the finds into two parts: relics with inscriptions of archaeological value and parts of artistic value. Major Alexander transported his part of the relics to England on two ships, one of which reportedly sank near Jaffna. Frederick made separate arrangements for the relics he received to be shipped to England. Frederick's part from Sanchi and Satara was later loaned to the South Kensington Museum in 1866 (later renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1899) and in 1921 Frederick's great-granddaughter Dorothy Saward sold them to the V&A for \u00a3250. References to these relics can also be found in Alexander's correspondence. With the Sinhalese monk Subhuti (1835-1917)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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On 17 April 1932, G.A. Dempster, on behalf of the Buddhist Mission (the Mahabodhi Society of England), wrote to the Director of the Indian Museum (the India Section of the South Kensington Museum, popularly known as the Indian Museum until 1945), requesting that the museum transfer the relics of the two disciples to the Mulagandha Kuti Vihara (rebuilt by the Mahabodhi Society of India under Anagarika Dhammapala at Sarnath, near Varanasi, before some of the relics of the Buddha (from Alexander's excavations) were returned to India and re-enshrined in a stupa at Sarnath.<\/p>

Following Dempster\u2019s (rejected) attempt, on 18 October 1932, E.W. Adikaram, Honorary Secretary of the Buddhist Missionary, visited the V&A Museum to allow Buddhists to pay homage to the relic on the 2476th anniversary of the nirvana of Sariputta. On 13 November 1932, the museum staff granted the request on the condition that the relic be taken to the Indian Museum, not the Buddhist Missionary as requested. In 1938, the V&A Museum received another request from a prominent British Buddhist, Frank R. Mellor, asking that the museum provide seats in front of the relic for Buddhists to pay homage. Mellor was denied, but he persisted in his letter and gave interviews to several media outlets demanding that the museum return the relic to Buddhists.<\/p>

This received widespread media coverage in Asia, including in the Buddhist countries of Thailand and Burma. In March 1939, the trustees of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Burma also lodged a strong protest against the British government for allowing the relic to be displayed in a museum rather than enshrined in the pagoda. The then King of Siam wrote a similar letter to the King of England.<\/p>

In 1939, the museum received a letter from the India Office and a letter from the colonial government of India, inquiring about the possession of the relics and the possibility of returning them to the Mahabodhi Society of India (MBSI). With the relentless efforts of Anagarika Dharmapala and Justice Ashutosh Mukherjee, the founders of the MBSI, in 1891 a unanimous letter was sent through the Bombay Buddhist Society, demanding the return of the relics to the Mahabodhi Society of Calcutta (now Kolkata). With this letter came the expectation of a significant outcome, as the Indian government spoke on behalf of Indian Buddhists, but was ostracized by British Buddhists.<\/p>

The issue was renewed after World War II. On 20 February 1947, the relics were handed over to Daya Hewavitarne, representative of the Mahabodhi Society (of Sri Lanka), through the Secretary of State of India. The relics were taken to Sri Lanka, where they were received with great enthusiasm and were displayed in public for two years. However, it turned out that the relics and the casket were actually plaster casts of the originals. In June 1948, the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom wrote to the Commonwealth Relations Office requesting the return of the original casket containing the relics of the two saints. On 8 October 1948, Sir D N Mitra, the High Commissioner's legal counsel, received the original casket on behalf of the Government of India. The relics were sent to Sri Lanka and from there to India for presentation to the Mahabodhi Society.<\/p>

Thus, the attempt and success in bringing the relics from England was \u201ca combination of lofty nationalism, Asiaticism and a strong desire for international recognition of the revival of Buddhism in Asia.\u201d Beginning in the late 19th century, it was a great struggle between colonial archaeology and Buddhist revival, a struggle between the colonists, collectors, museum officials and Buddhist leaders.<\/p>

The relics were handed over by the Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to the High Commissioner of India in Colombo on 6 January 1949. Within a week, they were delivered on board the HMIS Teer by the then Governor of West Bengal, K N Katju. The ceremony was marked with all the formalities of state, including a procession, a guard of honour, cultural performances and a 19-gun salute. The relics were installed on a makeshift shrine at the Government House in Calcutta, while the newly proclaimed Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, presented them before a gathering of diplomats, clergy and senior political leaders. The following day, a grand reception was held at Calcutta Maidan where Prime Minister Nehru handed over the sacred relics to Dr Shyama Prasad Mookherjee, Minister of Industries and President of the Mahabodhi Society of India and delivered a memorial address emphasizing peace, friendship and non-violence from India and the sermons of Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi and reaffirmed the secular and multi-religious nation-building that had been achieved through the Declaration of Independence in 1947.<\/p>

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