華琪舍利子博物館與您分享舍利子之王緬甸舍利博物館創(chuàng)辦人及波羅密寺吳祺迪瓦拉經歷

Malaysia?WAKi?Relic?Musuem?sharing with?You? The King of Relic?Sayadaw?U?Kittivara?'s?Life Journey

（華琪國際媒體中心８月19日訊）吳祺迪瓦拉尊者生于1947年10月13日緬甸中部邁克蒂拉分區(qū)的普佩斯村。10歲師父在緬甸受戒成為沙彌。20歲接受僧侶的任命。1979年吳祺迪瓦拉尊者成為波羅密寺主持。1984年吳祺迪瓦拉尊者在他的寺院創(chuàng)辦了緬甸舍利博物館。2019年吳祺迪瓦拉尊者在馬來西亞設立為舍利子國際中心。2021年7月28日吳祺迪瓦拉尊者圓寂，世壽74 歲。

(WAki International Media Center 19th of August) Sayadaw U Kittivara was born on 13 October 1947 in Paukpinthar Village, Meikthila division, in central Myanmar. Master was ordained as a novice monk in Burma at the age of ten. He received his higher ordination as a Buddhist monk at the age of Twenty. In 1979, Sayadaw became the Abbott of Thein Taung Teik Thit Temple (Parami Temple), South Okkalapa, Myanmar.?In 1984, Sayadaw opened the Relic Musuem at his monastery. In year 2019, Sayadaw U Kittivara opened International Relic Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sayadaw u Kittivara had passed away at July 28, 2021. He was 74.

根據大藏經的毗奈耶部分記載，有兩位商人達普陀和巴哈利卡布供養(yǎng)于佛陀，佛陀將八根頭發(fā)贈給予兄弟倆。兄弟倆把佛陀的八根頭發(fā)舍利放在一個金盒子里帶回緬甸并供奉在佛塔。佛教傳入緬甸已有2600多年, “緬甸“”被譽為“佛塔之國”及 “萬塔之城”，全國大小佛塔共有10萬多座給予善男信女禮拜三寶及供養(yǎng)佛陀及佛弟子的舍利子。

According to the Commentary on the Anguttara Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka, there were two merchants, named Tapussa and Bhallika offered the alms-food to the Lord Buddha in Bodh Gaya, the Buddha passed his eight hair-relics to the brothers. Then the brothers put the relic- hairs in a gold casket and returned to Burma to be enshrined in the stupas. Within 2,600 years, there have been more than hundred thousand stupas built in Burma for devotees to pay homage to the triple gems and enshrined the relics of the Buddha and his Disciples.

經過歷史悠久的變遷，許多佛塔遭受到天災如地震，臺風及保護不周而摧毀。為了延續(xù)佛法及保護佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利子，吳祺迪瓦拉尊者跟隨他的兩位大師蘇里亞尊者（曼徳勒省?密鐵拉?文塔比耶寺方丈）以及孔達納尊者（曼德勒省?敏建?大光蓮寺方丈）的腳步收集保存及供奉佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利子。

Due to the long period of time, many stupas and Cetiya were destroyed by the natural disaster such as Earthquake, Hurricanes and the poor maintenance. In order to propagate the buddha Sasana and enshrined the relics of the Buddha and his disciplines generation to generation, Sayadaw U Kittivara followed the footstep of his two Masters, Venerable Sayadaw Suriya, the Abbott of Wuntawpyae Monastry, Meiktila, Mandalay Division and Venerable Sayadaw Kondana, Abbott of Mahabodhi Relic Monastery, Myingyan, Mandalay Division, who collected and preserved the relics of the Buddha and His Disciples.

吳祺迪瓦拉尊者禪修（佛隨念禪）的引導下尋找佛陀及佛陀弟子的舍利子. 佛陀擁有九種崇高的美德，覺悟了四個崇高真理，擁有各種崇高品徳及波羅密。舍利子積聚了值得敬奉的文物，讓世人敬畏的大恩大德的釋迦牟尼佛。史載明頓王朝 什韋博區(qū)韋萊特蒂采克村有一位叫維魯達卡拉僧侶收集和供養(yǎng)佛陀及其弟子的舍利子。維魯達卡拉僧侶也通過（佛隨念禪）地找到了很多佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利子。、

Sayadaw practiced Buddhanussati meditation for reflecting the virtues of the Buddha, which guided him to search the Relics。The Buddha has great virtues, realized four noble truths, completed the perfections. The Relics are highly venerated and enshrined for all to pay homage to the Buddha. During the King Mindon dynasty period, there was a monk called Venerable Visuddhacara at Wetlet Township, Shwebo District, who was interested in collecting and paying homage to the Relic. He was fortunate to find the relics with the practice of Buddhanussati meditation.

在這60年的歲月里，吳祺迪瓦拉尊者走遍全國各地收集，保全及供奉佛陀與佛陀弟子遺留的舍利文物，坐牛車及步行到鄉(xiāng)下山區(qū)尋找坍塌古塔里面的舍利，尋找地下常年無人敬奉的舍利，山林內無人敬奉的舍利等，在舊寺院尋找及收集佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利子并且奉迎到緬甸舍利子博物館內保留敬奉。有一次，尊者前往曼德勒地區(qū)?敏建鎮(zhèn)北部有一座名為目犍連的古老佛塔，在老佛塔里找到目犍連尊者的舍利亦是棕色的。

In those 60 years, Sayadaw U Kittivara had been travelling around the country, collecting, preserving and re-enshrining the relics of Lord Buddha and Arahants. In the early age, Sayadaw collected the Buddha Relics and his disciplines relics in old monasteries or stupas. He also searched and collected the relics that no one worship from villages or mountains on foot or by oxcart. Once, Sayadaw travelled to an old stupa named Moggalana cetiya at the hills of the Northern of Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region, which enshrined the relics of Venerable Moggalana. The relics of Monggalana was brown and the relics were excavated at the place.

幾年后，尊者在他的波羅密寺院創(chuàng)辦了緬甸舍利子博物館，目的是將佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利子供奉及保存在同個地方，讓佛教信徒能夠敬奉佛陀及阿羅漢舍利子。波羅密寺緬甸舍利子博物館在當地及海內外是眾所周知。有來自十多個國家和地區(qū)的高僧大德、善信居士及各界人士前來禮敬及供奉佛陀及阿羅漢舍利子。

After few years, Sayadaw opened the Relics Musuem at his monastery with the intention to keep the Relics in one place to enable Buddhist devotees to pay homage to the Buddha’s relics and Buddha’s disciples relics. Since then, the monastery is well-known locally as well as overseas. There were many senior monks and Buddhist devotees from different countries come to visit and pay homage to the Relics.

此外，全國各地的長老僧侶們也把許多不同類型的佛陀舍利如發(fā)舍利，腦舍利和坍塌的佛塔發(fā)現的舍利子，送往供奉與緬甸舍利子博物館。如佛在生時，發(fā)下誓愿“我佛舍利文物，將移居于有敬奉者之地”。

Furthermore, many different types of the Buddha relics and His Disciples were found from the collapsed stupas which were then sent to Sayadaw. The Buddha hair-relics, Buddha’s brain relics and the relics of Buddha Disciples were excavated from the collapsed stupas, which had been enshrined in the Museum.

尊者為了給更多高僧和居士能禮敬佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利，他捐獻許多舍利子給予很多國家仰奉，其中有泰國，韓國，新加坡，臺灣，印度尼西亞，老撾，越南，柬埔寨,中國，日本和馬來西亞。2020年，尊者慷慨地捐獻了巨量的佛陀與佛陀弟子舍利子給予馬來西亞吉隆坡華琪舍利子博物館。尊者委任華琪舍利子博物館為舍利子國際中心以傳承保護佛陀和佛陀弟子舍利的使命，并永續(xù)佛教。舍利子國際中心將建造一千座華琪舍利子塔給予世界各地的寺廟供奉佛陀和佛陀弟子舍利，讓佛陀舍利在新時代成為團結全球佛教信眾的信仰的紐帶。華琪舍利子塔亦成為佛佗與佛佗弟子舍利子的國際化名片，環(huán)繞在寶塔身側，守衛(wèi)著佛教之光，感念佛陀至偉功德。祂不僅是佛教界重寶，也是世界級典藏。

In order to give more devotees who are unable to pay respect Relics at his temple, He had donated and distributed the relics to many countries including Thailand ,Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China and Malaysia for enshrinement. In year 2020, Sayadaw U Kittivara had generously presented of the buddha relics and Arahants relics to be enshrined in Waki Relic Musuem, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Meanwhile, he appointed Waki Relic Musuem as the International Relics Center to continue carrying on to enshrine the Relics of Buddha and his Disciples to prolong the Buddha Sasana. International Relics Center will build 1,000 Waki relic stupas as gifts to be enshrined, for the temples all around the world and to connect as global Buddhists in this new era. The Waki relic stupas enshrined the Buddha and His Disciples' relics are for people to pay homage and recollect the great virtues of the Buddha, as the guardian of the light to the Buddhism.

在尊者的一生中，不僅保存和供奉佛陀與佛陀弟子的舍利子，尊者也在全國各地建造無數的佛塔及重建許多古寺院弘揚佛法。在2020年，爲了表章尊者在佛教上的貢獻，緬甸聯合政府封吳祺迪瓦拉尊者為"阿加馬哈薩達馬喬提卡-達哈" 首座大法王的光榮稱號。

Throughout his life, Sayadaw had not only collected and preserved the Relics of Buddha and his Disciples, he also constructed many stupas and renovated ancient monasteries around the country for propagate the Buddhism. Venerable Sayadaw U Kittivara had received the title of “Aggamahasaddhammajotika-dhaja" by the government of the Union of Myanmar in 2020 due to his efforts to promote Buddhism.