I know it’s amazingly incredible, but I need to tell you that Amidaji now possesses two relics of Shakyamuni Buddha which are stored in these two beautiful crystal pagodas on the sides of the main altar. The one in the left as you face Amida statue is the Pagoda of Victory over heresies and the other is the Pagoda of Shakyamuni's descend from the heaven of the gods after He taught the Dharma there.

Together with these two pagodas we also received 21 statues of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. Inside or in front of some of these statues we will place relics of various Arhats that will soon be sent to Amidaji. Who are the senders? Dharma friends from Taiwan, monks and lay people who appreciate the work we are doing here. The relics were first sent from Burma to Taiwan and now to Romania. Details will be given to visitors only. Also, I will not post photos of the relics online, but they can be seen and appreciated at the temple.    

It’s wonderful that the sacred relics of Shakyamuni are stored in these two pagodas which are very much in line with two of the main aspects of Amidaji's teaching style,

1)    Buddhas as supreme teachers of gods and humans, which also means that the Buddha Dharma is supreme among all teachings and religions of the world,

 and

2)    maintaining an orthodox attitude towards Buddhism in general and Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in particular, while also fighting against various heresies and worldly ideologies that plague many centres and sanghas of our time.

Let us remember some of our favorite sayings at Amidaji,

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