UM-Bot Posted November 15, 2017 #1 Share Posted November 15, 2017 A ceramic box thought to contain the remains of Buddha himself has been discovered in Jingchuan County. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/313360/buddhas-cremated-remains-found-in-china 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted November 15, 2017 #2 Share Posted November 15, 2017 DNA won't tell if it's Buddha, but it will tell if it's all the same person. Or at least, if any of it is from different people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 15, 2017 #3 Share Posted November 15, 2017 2 hours ago, PersonFromPorlock said: DNA won't tell if it's Buddha, but it will tell if it's all the same person. Or at least, if any of it is from different people. Also if the remains came from the correct part of the world to be Buddha's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bison Posted November 15, 2017 #4 Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) At this flurry of interest in his supposed remains, Gautama might sigh, and recall the teaching attributed to him, about looking where he pointed his finger, rather than at the finger itself. Edited November 15, 2017 by bison added qualifier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted November 16, 2017 #5 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) "According to historical accounts, around 1,000 years ago two monks spent the better part of two decades gathering together all of the bone fragments they could find of the Buddha." What, was he blown apart or eaten by animals? No, he was cremated. Two decades??? Typical Zen mentality to need 20 years to collect bone fragments. Edited November 16, 2017 by pallidin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Posted November 16, 2017 #6 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Will this be like the pieces of the True Cross that if put together would make a whole ship? Maybe all the ash will make a Nephilim? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted November 16, 2017 #7 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Considering that even 1000 years ago was 1500 years Post-Buddha, it would be lucky if a single fragment came from the original Buddha. And like was said, it will be impossible to determine if it is or not, since there is nothing to directly compare to. And that is all if this is the same box the monks actually gathered the bones into. Lots of "if"s and "maybe"s here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Horse Posted November 16, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 16, 2017 At the time of Buddha's cremation, all the ashes and bone, teeth, would have been sifted and regarded in the highest possible way. They would have been distributed to various monasteries. There is a temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka with what is given to be the Buddha's tooth. Back in the day, Chineese monks would travel for years and year to India and back, risking life and limb to go fetch sacred texts. They may have been given some remains of the Buddha, it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchopens Posted November 18, 2017 #9 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Suuuuure they were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiXilver Posted November 18, 2017 #10 Share Posted November 18, 2017 well... there's that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted December 1, 2017 #11 Share Posted December 1, 2017 How long it take to a sepulture to be considered like something you can dig in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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