ဝန္ဒာမိ

ဝန္ဒာမိ စေတိယံ သဗ္ဗံ၊ သဗ္ဗဋ္ဌာနေသု ပတိဋ္ဌိတံ။ ယေ စ ဒန္တာ အတီတာ စ၊ ယေ စ ဒန္တာ အနာဂတာ၊ ပစ္စုပ္ပန္နာ စ ယေ ဒန္တာ၊ သဗ္ဗေ ဝန္ဒာမိ တေ အဟံ။ vandāmi cetiyaṃ sabbaṃ, sabbaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitaṃ. Ye ca dantā atītā ca, ye ca dantā anāgatā, paccuppannā ca ye dantā, sabbe vandāmi te ahaṃ.

Is there any description in the scriptures about the physical appearance of the relics of arahants?

🙏 Venerable Sir ❗ Is there any description in the scriptures about the physical appearance of the relics of arahants? ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ The scriptures only describe the size and color of the Buddha’s relics. There is no mention of the relics of arahants in those texts. However, there is a statement made by the respected Mahasi Sayadaw regarding the relics of arahants. To support better understanding, here is a clear explanation: “What we call arahant relics are actually just bones. In Myanmar, many people commonly assume that relics—like those of the Buddha—are always small round bead-like objects. But in reality, that is not the case. The Buddha’s relics became bead-like due to his spiritual power (adhiṭṭhāna). In contrast, the relics of arahants are in their natural form—as ordinary bones. How do we know this? Because monks traveled specifically by plane to Kālakaṭṭhā (Kalakatta) in India, to receive and carry the relics of Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahā Moggallāna. During that trip, they clearly saw their relics inside the relic chamber, and they were in natural bone form. The color was an ash-white hue. The shape resembled finger bones. The ends (joints) were large, and the middle was narrow. If even the relics of Venerables Sāriputta and Mahā Moggallāna remain as natural bones, then certainly the relics of other arahants should also be in natural bone form, without any doubt. So, when a revered Sayadaw in Myanmar passes away and after cremation there are small stone-like bead relics, we should be cautious and not blindly believe without examination.” 👑 #Scriptural Reference: Compilation of Teachings and Advice by the Sayadaws of Min Nan (Mawgyun) Sao Dhammasami