တဖုဿနှင့် ဘလ္လိက (သို့) တပုဿ နှင့် ဘလ္လိက

တဖုဿနှင့် ဘလ္လိက (သို့) တပုဿ နှင့် ဘလ္လိက (Taphussa and Bhallika or Trapusa and Bahalika) မြတ်စွာဘုရားရှင်ထံမှ ပင့်ဆောင်ခဲ့သော ဆံတော်များ ဌာပနာထားတော်မူရာ စေတီတော်.... ယခုလက်ရှိခေတ်တွင် အဆိုပါ ဆံတော်များသည် ပါရီမြို့ရှိ ပြတိုက်တွင် ကိန်း၀တ်စံပယ်တော်မူလျက်ရှိပါသည် တဖုဿနှင့် ဘလ္လိက (သို့) တပုဿ နှင့် ဘလ္လိက တို့ဟာ ရခိုင်သားလည်းမဟုတ်ဘူး မွန် လည်းမဟုတ်ဘူး ဗမာလည်းမဟုတ်ဘူး ဘယ်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားမှလဲမဟုတ်ဘူး စာပေသဘောတရားကို နားလည်ဖို့လိုတရ် Guardians of the Buddha’s Sacred Relics – Volume 2 တွင် အသေးစိတ် ဖတ်ရူပူဇော်နိင်ပါသည် Taphussa and Bhallika, often cited as the first lay disciples of the Buddha, are traditionally venerated for their role in establishing the early tradition of honoring Buddhist relics. According to the accounts preserved in the Pali Canon, these merchant brothers hailed from the region of Ukkala, which corresponds to modern-day Orissa in India (Wikipedia). Their journey, undertaken while traveling toward Uttarapatha, bore not only the prospect of trade but also an unexpected spiritual encounter that marked a turning point in Buddhist relic tradition. Shortly after the Buddha’s enlightenment, Taphussa and Bhallika encountered him during their travels. In a gesture emblematic of the spiritual generosity that characterizes Buddhist practice, the brothers offered the Buddha rice cakes and honey. In return for their hospitality and reverence, the Buddha bequeathed to them eight strands of his hair. This exchange, though seemingly simple in its material form, became a landmark event by linking a personal encounter with the inscription of sacred physical remains—a narrative element that would define the ensuing tradition of relic worship in Buddhism. This early interaction is critical not only because of its intrinsic narrative value but also because it inaugurated the practice of relic enshrinement. The Buddha’s hair relics, given by one of the most transformative figures in spiritual history, came to symbolize the physical and enduring presence of the Buddha’s teachings. Their collection and veneration in stupas represent the synthesis of historical memory and ritual practice—a phenomenon that continues to reverberate throughout Buddhist communities.