缅甸舍利博物馆创办人及波罗密寺吴祺迪瓦拉住持收集保全及供奉佛陀与弟子舍利子经历

缅甸舍利博物馆创办人及波罗密寺吴祺迪瓦拉住持收集保全及供奉佛陀与弟子舍利子经历

The King of Relic-SayadawUKittivaracollectedpreservedand enshrined the Relic Buddha and his disciples

（华琪国际媒体中心８月18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。

(WAkiInternational MediaCenter18thof August)SayadawUKittivarawas born on 13 October 1947 inPaukpintharVillage,Meikthiladivision, in central Myanmar.Masterwas ordained as a novice monkin Burma at the age of ten. He received his higher ordination as a Buddhist monk at the age ofTwenty. In 1979,Sayadawbecame the Abbott of TheinTaungTeikThitTemple (ParamiTemple), SouthOkkalapa, Myanmar.In 1984,Sayadawopened the RelicMusuemat his monastery.In year 2019,SayadawUKittivaraopenedInternational Relic Centerin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.SayadawuKittivarahad 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 theAnguttaraNikayaof the SuttaPitaka, there were two merchants, namedTapussaandBhallikaoffered 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 hundredthousandstupas 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 andCetiyawere destroyed by the natural disaster such as Earthquake,Hurricanesand the poor maintenance.In order topropagate the buddha Sasana and enshrined the relics of the Buddha and his disciplines generation to generation,SayadawUKittivarafollowed the footstep of histwoMasters,VenerableSayadawSuriya, the Abbott ofWuntawpyaeMonastry, Meiktila, Mandalay DivisionandVenerableSayadawKondana, Abbott of Mahabodhi Relic Monastery,Myingyan, MandalayDivision,whocollectedand preservedthe 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。

SayadawpracticedBuddhanussatimeditation for reflecting the virtues of the Buddha, which guided him to searchtheRelics。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 KingMindondynasty period, there was a monk called VenerableVisuddhacaraatWetletTownship,ShweboDistrict, who was interested in collecting and paying homage to the Relic.He was fortunate to find the relics with the practice ofBuddhanussatimeditation.

寻找地下在这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,SayadawUKittivarahad been travelling around the country, collecting,preservingand re-enshrining the relics of Lord Buddha and Arahants.Inthe early age,Sayadawcollected the Buddha Relics and his disciplines relics in old monasteries or stupas.Healso searched and collected the relics that no one worshipfromvillages or mountains on foot or by oxcart. Once,Sayadawtravelled to an old stupanamedMoggalanacetiyaat the hills of the Northern ofMyingyanTownship, Mandalay Region, which enshrined the relics of VenerableMoggalana. The relics ofMonggalanawas brown and the relics were excavated at the place.

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,Sayadawopened the RelicsMusuemat 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.