Inner Museum, Cabinet 8, Eastern Prayer Hall
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Material Information

Title:
Inner Museum, Cabinet 8, Eastern Prayer Hall Cabinet view
Creator:
Tan, Heidi ( Photographer )
Win Naing Htwe ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
လန်ဒန်
London
Publisher:
SOAS လန်ဒန်တက္ကသိုလ်
SOAS University of London
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Burmese

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Inner Museum ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Buddhas ( LCSH )
Reliquaries ( LCSH )
Rock-crystal ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Tooth relic ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Gilding ( LCSH )
Gold-leaf ( LCSH )
ရွှေပြား ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Silver ( LCSH )
ငွေ (သတ္တု) ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Glass ( LCSH )
ဖန် ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Arahants ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Arhats ( LCSH )
ရဟန္တာ ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Currency ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Donations ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Relics ( LCSH )
Buddhist relics ( LCSH )
ဗုဒ္ဓ၏ ဓာတ်တော်များ ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Monks ( LCSH )
ဘုန်းကြီး ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Karma ( LCSH )
ကံ ကံ၏အကျိုး ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Defilements ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Impermanence (Buddhism) ( LCSH )
Suffering ( LCSH )
ဆင်းရဲဒုက္ခ ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Non-self (anatman) ( Pagoda Museum Subject List )
Paradise ( LCSH )
Anātman ( LCSH )
Genre:
Photographs
ဓာတ်ပုံတွေ
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Myanmar -- Shan State -- Taunggyi District -- Nyaung Shwe Town
Coordinates:
20.6595781 x 96.9320471

Notes

Abstract:
Inner Museum, Eastern Prayer Hall, Cabinet 8. --- A sign over the top of the cabinet says 'Cash donations. Buddha's Relics Shrine'. Replica tooth relic mounted on glass lotus stand, several rock-crystal reliquaries with relics on gilded stand (centre). Bottles and glass vessels with relics (left and right), a silver box with bundles of gold-leaf, piles of currency in Thai Baht, Myanmar Kyats, and American dollars (front). A label on the right of the cabinet identifies the display as donations for gilding Buddha images. It states that the relics originate from arahants (arhats) and monks who have destroyed the defilements. People respect the relics because they have good karma. Eating just fills the stomach, sleeping just rests the back. The Buddha taught about Impermanence, Suffering and Non-Self, but ordinary people mistakenly think of offerings as a way to paradise. This is a relic of the living Buddha to help with bad karma. It can come at any time so observing and respecting these relics will bring good karma and remove the bad. Cabinet dated 1319 Myanmar Era (1957). Donor credit: Nyaung Shwe Town, Kantha Quarter. Daw Shwe Meh and children. [Their] meritorious deed. ( en )
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Tan, Heidi : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/34273354
General Note:
Contributor role: Translator
General Note:
Photo taken 16 August 2016
General Note:
အာရှ -- မြန်မာ -- ရှမ်းပြည် -- တောင်ကြီးခရိုင် -- ညောင်ရွှေမြို့

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Rights Management:
© 2023 Heidi Tan (Researcher), courtesy of Yadana Man Aung Pagoda Trustee Board. This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms.