Bhante Anandajoti: The Relics of the Buddha
Channel: Dharma Records
Date: 15/10/2023

This is the story of how the Buddha Relics came to be divided up into eight parts, with stūpas being built over them; and how a secret store of relics was prepared by Ven Mahā Kassapa and King Ajātasattu, foreseeing the rise of King Asoka in the future and his need to provide relics for the 84,000 monasteries he would build. 

The talk is based on the Mahāparinibbānasutta and its commentary, and also on the Thūpavaṁsa, one of the Chronicles written in Sri Lanka. The talk was given at the Bodhilaṅkārāma temple in Taiping, Malaysia, on 15th October 2023.