Maitreya Project

Hi Folks,

I would like that inform everyone about the Maitreya Project. Their purpose is to benefit as much people as possible as long as possible to promote loving kindness by building a great Maitreya Buddha 500ft / 152m bronze statue in Northern India. It is estimated to open in the year 2008. It is a beautiful and a blessing to be present in such an event! There is a relic tour for 2006. The relics of the past Buddhas and masters will be placed in the Big Maitreya Statue so see it before you can. They are having tours in USA, Europe, and Asia! I would go again but there is no tours in Canada :( . I highly recommend going if you are available. The Buddha statue is designed to last a 1000 years using the most advance modern technology of today! It is so inspirating and zestful to be in the present of all those Buddhas and masters.

Maitreya Project

A Taste of the Maitreya Project / Relic tour - Click to Watch

USA   

Berkeley, California               10, 11 & 12 February 2006 / 3 & 4 March 2006

San Francisco, California     17, 18 & 19 February 2006

Garden City, Idaho                  24, 25 & 26 February 2006

Pasadena, California             17, 18 & 19 March 2006

Soquel, California                   31 March and 1 & 2 April 2006

For details, other countries or dates, check below:

Relic tour calendar

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My experiences during the Canada tour of the relics in 2004

April 17, 2004 (Vancouver)

Relic Tour

It was a beautiful day of unexpected findings. Ryan and I headed towards the Main university of Vancouver to the CK Choi building to see the “Relics” of the great cultivators and awaken ones of the past. Relics as I learned were little pearls of crystals that were produced in the bone marrow of an individual who have practiced to a highly pure state of mind. When that individual dies and have been cremated, little beads of crystals remains. In Chinese, it is called “seck lay geez”. (Cantonese) In Tibetans, these crystals are called Ringsel.

“The Ringsel are special because they hold the living essence of the spiritual master. His inner Purity appears as Relics. True spiritual teachers do not generally discuss their own attainments. The Relics are the evidence that the teacher attained qualities of compassion and wisdom before his death” I have heard many things about seeing these Ringsel and I truly wanted to be close and have affinity with the past buddhas and thrive in my spiritual cultivation. It is also interesting to actually see the relics for myself and expand my horizon. Thus, I was determined to go to see the Relic tour. With no idea of the shape or appearance of a relic, to my eyes’ surprise, they saw little round pearl of crystals of different size and colours. Some look like teeny beads or rocks while others look like grains of rice. There came in colours such as white, yellow, gray, mold green and brown.

 As soon as we walked into the room, I could sense the energy. The atmosphere seems different. The air was very loving and welcoming like a sense of returning home. We circumbulated around the stations of the relics and then geared our heads close to the glass boxes to get a better glimpse of the relics. The energy was captivatingly, I felt a warm sense of energy field within me from the top of my head to my chest as I stood looking at the pearl crystals.

I was especially joyful and surprised to see some masters which I connected with in past readings about them in books or hearing about them by others. Some such as the (original teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha, his disciples Ananda, Maudgalyayana, Shariputra), Lama Yeshe, Dalai Lama and even Gwang Chin master from China! I was beamed with smiles and great gratitude. What are the odds of being at the tour at that particular time and place? I thought that was amazing part of it that it might not be just coincidence and things are met to be.

Here, I had the opportunity to meet with the great honorable spiritual masters of the past. I was overjoyed as I realized that they were with me physically, mentally and supporting me in my spiritual journey. It was just mind blowing to feel them there. The feelings were the equivalent to the ones felt on the last days of the summer 7 day retreat in Edmonton. Another thing that I noticed was the energy felt at the Lama Yeshes, Gwang-Chin Master; Dalai Lama station was very intense. The neat thing was that Ryan had felt the same when we discussed our findings and experiences afterward. He said that it could be because those spiritual masters are the ones that are most recent and have closer connections to us. That made a lot of sense. I haven’t thought of it that way. It made me reflects on the importance of communication among us as a group and to learn tolerance, value the different ways of thinking, share knowledge so we can achieve mutual understanding and world peace. It is important for us to see that all people are the same; we all want to be free from afflictions, free from sufferings, free in thoughts and way of life. This is universal and it is important that we realize this truth.

Later, the Master performed blessings with relics of Shakyamuni Buddha. We were “lucky to be there at that time” said one of the workers of the organization just as we entered the area. As the golden hand sized stupa was placed on my head, a concentration of warm energy was noted. At that time, the original teacher of Buddhism seem so immediate to me.

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