11/2/2022 0 Comments Matha kuar shrine![]() ![]() That stupa was renovated by Ashoka several centuries later, as documented by Xuanzang in the 7th century. The original stupa was built by the Malla people shortly after the Buddha’s passing to enshrine his relics. Just behind the Parinirvana Temple is a large white stupa built atop the excavated remains of the original stupa that was placed at the site of the Buddha’s passing. Carlleyle, an assistant to Cunningham, discovered the statue buried beneath a mound and restored it to its current condition. The statue dates back 1500 years to the Gupta period, and was sculpted from red sandstone in Mathura and brought to the site as a gift. The building houses the eighteen-foot long statue of the reclining Buddha, positioned exactly as the Buddha was when he passed, with his head to the north. The current white cylindrical structure was built in 1956, to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Buddha’s mahaparinirvana. The location of the temple marks the site where the Buddha passed from his physical body into nirvana. The Buddha quickly fell ill with dysentery, and asked his monks to take him to Kushinara. RF 2J61YCThe Colossal Statue of Buddha in the Bhumisparsha Mudra the Earth Touching Attitude inside Matha Kuar Shrine Complex Kushinagar Uttar. He accepted the dish, but told Cunda to serve it only to himself, and to dispose of it immediately after serving him, making sure not feed it to anyone else. The Buddha knew the dish would be accidentally tainted, but didn’t want to deny Cunda’s offer. It was a special dish, called sukaramaddava. The exact translation of this dish is disputed, but was either pork or mushroom. ![]() Excited to be receiving the Buddha, Cunda offered to prepare a meal for the Buddha and his monks. Three months later, the Buddha was invited to stay at a mango grove that belonged to a blacksmith named Cunda. This later request by Ananda was made too late, and so the Buddha again told his disciples that he would pass in three months. According to the Mahaparinibbana Sutta ( nibbana and sutta are Pali for the Sanskrit terms nirvana and sutra) , the Buddha had previously told Ananda that, “ the Tathagata could, if he so desired, remain throughout a world-period or until the end of it." At that earlier time, unfortunately, Ananda had failed to request the Buddha to remain at this time, and so the Buddha decided not to remain, but to display impermanence through his passing. Ananda urged the Buddha not to pass away, but to stay and teach the Dharma for as long as possible. ![]()
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