Relics associated with Buddha

According to sources in the Sutta Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, like the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (Sutta 16 of the Dīgha Nikāya), after the parinirvana (the Buddha's final nirvana during his physical death), the physical body of Gautama Buddha was cremated and the bodily relics which remained afterwards, called Śarīra, were divided among his lay followers, who took them to different regions of India and built stupas for them. == Division of the relics == According to the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta, after his parinirvana in Kushinagar, the remains of the Buddha were cremated at that location.

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Relics associated with Buddha

According to sources in the Sutta Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, like the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (Sutta 16 of the Dīgha Nikāya), after the parinirvana (the Buddha's final nirvana during his physical death), the physical body of Gautama Buddha was cremated and the bodily relics which remained afterwards, called Śarīra, were divided among his lay followers, who took them to different regions of India and built stupas for them. == Division of the relics == According to the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta, after his parinirvana in Kushinagar, the remains of the Buddha were cremated at that location.

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