舍利子之王吴祺迪瓦拉尊者收集保全及供奉佛陀与弟子舍利子一生经历

舍利子之王吴祺迪瓦拉尊者收集保全及供奉佛陀与弟子舍利子一生经历

The King of Relic- Sayadaw U Kittivara collected, preserved and enshrined the Relic Buddha and his disciples

（华琪国际媒体中心８月17日讯）吴祺迪瓦拉尊者生于1947年10月13日缅甸中部迈克蒂拉分区的普佩斯村。10岁师父在缅甸受戒成为沙弥。20岁接受僧侣的任命。1979年吴祺迪瓦拉尊者成为波罗密寺主持。1984年吴祺迪瓦拉尊者在他的寺院创办了缅甸舍利博物馆。2019年吴祺迪瓦拉尊者在马来西亚设立为舍利子国际中心。2021年7月28日吴祺迪瓦拉尊者圆寂，世寿74 岁。

(WAki International Media Center 18th 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.

根据大藏经的毗奈耶部分记载，有两位商人达普陀和巴哈利卡布供养于佛陀，佛陀将八根头发赠给予兄弟俩。兄弟俩把佛陀的八根头发舍利放在一个金盒子里带回缅甸并供奉在佛塔。佛教传入缅甸已有2600多年, “缅甸“”被誉为“佛塔之国”及 “万塔之城”，全国大小佛塔共有10万多座给予善男信女礼拜三宝及供养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.

经过历史悠久的变迁，许多佛塔遭受到天灾如地震，台风及保护不周而摧毁。为了延续佛法及保护佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利子，吴祺迪瓦拉尊者跟随他的两位大师苏里亚尊者（曼徳勒省・密铁拉・文塔比耶寺方丈）以及孔达纳尊者（曼德勒省・敏建・大光莲寺方丈）的脚步收集保存及供奉佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利子。

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.

吴祺迪瓦拉尊者禅修（佛随念禅）的引导下寻找佛陀及佛陀弟子的舍利子. 佛陀拥有九种崇高的美德，觉悟了四个崇高真理，拥有各种崇高品徳及波罗密。舍利子积聚了值得敬奉的文物，让世人敬畏的大恩大德的释迦牟尼佛。史载明顿王朝 什韦博区韦莱特蒂采克村有一位叫维鲁达卡拉僧侣收集和供养佛陀及其弟子的舍利子。维鲁达卡拉僧侣也通过（佛随念禅）地找到了很多佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利子。

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.

  在这60年的岁月里，吴祺迪瓦拉尊者走遍全国各地收集，保全及供奉佛陀与佛陀弟子遗留的舍利文物，坐牛车及步行到乡下山区寻找坍塌古塔里面的舍利，寻找地下常年无人敬奉的舍利，山林内无人敬奉的舍利等，在旧寺院寻找及收集佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利子并且奉迎到缅甸舍利子博物馆内保留敬奉。有一次，尊者前往曼德勒地区・敏建镇北部有一座名为目犍连的古老佛塔，在老佛塔里找到目犍连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.

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几年后，尊者在他的波罗密寺院创办了缅甸舍利子博物馆，目的是将佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利子供奉及保存在同个地方，让佛教信徒能够敬奉佛陀及阿罗汉舍利子。波罗密寺缅甸舍利子博物馆在当地及海内外是众所周知。有来自十多个国家和地区的高僧大德、善信居士及各界人士前来礼敬及供奉佛陀及阿罗汉舍利子。

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，全国各地的长老僧侣们也把许多不同类型的佛陀舍利如发舍利，脑舍利和坍塌的佛塔发现的舍利子，送往供奉与缅甸舍利子博物馆。如佛在生时，发下誓愿“我佛舍利文物，将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.

尊者为了给更多高僧和居士能礼敬佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利，他捐献许多舍利子给予很多国家仰奉，其中有泰国，韩国，新加坡，台湾，印度尼西亚，老挝，越南，柬埔寨,中国，日本和马来西亚。2020年，尊者慷慨地捐献了巨量的佛陀与佛陀弟子舍利子给予马来西亚吉隆坡华琪舍利子博物馆。尊者委任华琪舍利子博物馆为舍利子国际中心以传承保护佛陀和佛陀弟子舍利的使命，并永续佛教。舍利子国际中心将建造一千座华琪舍利子塔给予世界各地的寺庙供奉佛陀和佛陀弟子舍利，让佛陀舍利在新时代成为团结全球佛教信众的信仰的纽带。华琪舍利子塔亦成为佛佗与佛佗弟子舍利子的国际化名片，环绕在宝塔身侧，守卫着佛教之光，感念佛陀至伟功德。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，不仅保存和供奉佛陀与佛陀弟子的舍利子，尊者也在全国各地建造无数的佛塔及重建许多古寺院弘扬佛法。在2020年，爲了表章尊者在佛教上的贡献，缅甸联合政府封吴祺迪瓦拉尊者为"阿加马哈萨达马乔提卡-达哈" 首座大法王的光荣称号。

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.