Name: Wallace
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Country: Singapore
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
Still remember at Feb 2005, I been there before this temple was built. During then they are raising funds for the temple and now its already done.  Origin Of Buddha Tooth Relic TempleIn 2002, Ven. Cakkapala decided to hand over the Buddha Tooth Relic (which he had reverently enshrined for 22 years) to Ven. Shi Fashao to be safeguarded. He exhorted the new guardian that, should the opportunity arise, he is to build a monastery for the relic, so that Buddhists from everywhere may gather in Singapore to pay reverence to it. These people, it was hoped, may in this way connet with the Buddha and hence increase in blessings and wisdom. Having been so urged by Ven. Cakkapala, Ven. Shi Fashao resolved to be secluded in a one-year Dharma Loutus Blossom Retreat and conceived during the retreat not only then name "Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum", but also an architectural style based on the Buddhist mandala and integrated with the art culture of Buddhism in the Tang dynasty. Naturally, the classical ethos of the building has to be matched with a site with a long history. Loaded with significance for early Chinese immigrants, and also being the locus of the roots of Chinese culture here, Chinatown became the choice for the building of the new temple.   The Temple and Museum display various Buddhas statues from all over the world. There are too many Buddhas statues to be named and many are I don't know of. The whole place is very grand and well finished. The Vairocana Buddha Prayer Wheel is installed inside Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion. It is the largest cloisonne Buddha Prayer Wheel in the world. "Revolving scriptures" originated from "turning the pitaka". "Turning" a Sutra is different from "reading pitaka" which virtually meant reading the Sutras everyday without missing a single word. "Turning pitaka" is just reading a few lines at the start, middle and end portions of the Sutras.Cylindrical in shape, it is a religious artefact commonly used by Chinese Buddhists. The rim is embossed with esoteric Vairocana Mantra. A piece of scripture is placed inside. Every turn of the wheel represents a single recital of the scripture and mantra. The wheel is a convenient way to recite the sutra.  The 10,000 Buddhas
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