Picturing Buddhist Belief and Worship | A Jade Stupa Reliquary
In ancient India, a stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical tomb. After the parinirvana of Sakyamuni Buddha, his body was cremated and the remains or relics were divided and buried under eight stupas with two extra stupas encasing the urn and the embers. After that, Asian Buddhists began building numerous stupas with multiple materials such […] Keep Reading...