POPE FRANCIS KUNJUNGI KUIL BUDDHIST di SRILANKA: ...to witness - TopicsExpress



          

POPE FRANCIS KUNJUNGI KUIL BUDDHIST di SRILANKA: ...to witness a key ritual for Buddhists: the opening of a casket containing relics of two important disciples of the Buddha. The head monk at the temple, Banagala Upatissa, said that allowing the pope to see the relics was “the highest honour and respect we can offer to his holiness”. Upatissa had invited Francis to visit the temple when he greeted him at Colombo’s airport on Tuesday, the Vatican said. Upatissa, who heads the Mahabodhi Society Headquarters, a key Buddhist organisation, is active in interfaith dialogue and visited the Vatican during Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy. John Paul II visited a Buddhist temple during a 1984 visit to Thailand.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:07:24 +0000

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