Buddha Antiques

His Holiness painted by a 79 yr old Lama in Northern India to help pay his hospital bill. Janki Lama has lovingly captured the soul of HH Dalai Lama on canvas. Traditional craft passed down the centuries, precious materials & sacred images woven into a magical spell...

Gilded Zedi, Said to Contain Buddha's Hair Relics, Topped by Gold Hti Inlaid with Silver, Diamonds is digitally printed on archival photographic paper resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for any museum or gallery display...

Decorate your home or office with high quality wall décor. Gilded Zedi, Said to Contain Buddha's Hair Relics, Topped by Gold Hti Inlaid with Silver, Diamonds is that perfect piece that matches your style, interests, and budget.

Buddhism is popularly seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, hair, teeth, and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha? Early European and American scholars of religion, influenced by a characteristic Protestant bias against relic worship, declared such practices to be superstitious and fraudulent, and far from the true essence of Buddhism...

This study addresses the relationship between the veneration of Buddha relics and the appropriation of power in early medieval Japan. Focusing on the ninth to fourteenth centuries, it analyzes the ways in which relics functioned as material media for the interactions of Buddhist clerics, the imperial family, lay aristocrats, and warrior society and explores the multivocality of relics by dealing with specific historical examples...

Cheaper than car insurance, more spiritual than fuzzy dice! Some of these old yak bone beads have said the OM Mantra a million times! Blessed old agate amulet. Blessing by monks in ritual for protection against car problems...