The tour also includes a screening of a 2008 documentary called "Unmistaken Child," a film about a young Buddhist monk's search for the reincarnation of his teacher. "Even if people don't know anything about Buddhism, contact with these kind of relics is a rare opportunity and can indeed be life changing, " Chayat said.
Chayat will lead the opening ceremony on Friday, along with religious community leaders and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney.
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The exhibit is free and people of all faiths are welcome, said Shinge Roshi Sherry Chayat, abbot of the Zen Center. "In a lot of people, it induces a stronger feeling of loving-kindness and compassion."
For me personally, there's just a very profound sense of peace, calm, and a certain vibration," Teich-Visco said. Robe and tooth fragments, blood samples and pearl-like crystals, or ringsel, are part of the exhibit.Īccording to Buddhist tradition, ringsel are beads found within cremated remains of Buddhist masters, signifying a state of enlightenment. More than 100 relics will be on display at the Zen Center, including objects from 42 Buddhist saints and masters. "If you're in Asia, people have traveled hundreds of miles to get a glimpse of a shrine with one tiny relic.
"We just feel that it's a tremendous blessing, this great opportunity," Teich-Visco said. The tour is sponsored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Teaching, an organization promoting Buddhist ideals.īabette Teich-Visco, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher in Manlius, worked with the Zen Center of Syracuse to bring the tour to the area. The Heart Shrine Relic Tour, a global traveling exhibit featuring holy relics usually only found in Asia and India, will be on display at the Zen Center of Syracuse on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Candles, pictures and holy relics encircle a golden life-size statue of Buddha draped with colorful silk.įrom Hiroshima to Brussels to Des Moines, Iowa, believers of all faiths have bowed their heads in reverence before the display, pressing their palms together in concentrated silence.
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