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Insulting the Worship of Relics

Dhātuvivaṇṇapetavatthu

Insulting those who worship the Buddha’s relics will only bring suffering.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.310. Dhātuvivaṇṇapetavatthu

1.1“Antalikkhasmiṁ tiṭṭhanto,1.2Duggandho pūti vāyasi;1.3Mukhañca te kimayo pūtigandhaṁ,1.4Khādanti kiṁ kammamakāsi pubbe.

2.1Tato satthaṁ gahetvāna,2.2okkantanti punappunaṁ;2.3Khārena paripphositvā,2.4okkantanti punappunaṁ.

3.1Kiṁ nu kāyena vācāya,3.2manasā dukkaṭaṁ kataṁ;3.3Kissa kammavipākena,3.4idaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchasī”ti.

4.1“Ahaṁ rājagahe ramme,4.2ramaṇīye giribbaje;4.3Issaro dhanadhaññassa,4.4supahūtassa mārisa.

5.1Tassāyaṁ me bhariyā ca,5.2dhītā ca suṇisā ca me;5.3Tā mālaṁ uppalañcāpi,5.4paccagghañca vilepanaṁ;5.5Thūpaṁ harantiyo vāresiṁ,5.6taṁ pāpaṁ pakataṁ mayā.

6.1Chaḷāsītisahassāni,6.2mayaṁ paccattavedanā;6.3Thūpapūjaṁ vivaṇṇetvā,6.4paccāma niraye bhusaṁ.

7.1Ye ca kho thūpapūjāya,7.2vattante arahato mahe;7.3Ādīnavaṁ pakāsenti,7.4vivecayetha ne tato.

8.1Imā ca passa āyantiyo,8.2Māladhārī alaṅkatā;8.3Mālāvipākaṁnubhontiyo,8.4Samiddhā ca tā yasassiniyo.

9.1Tañca disvāna accheraṁ,9.2abbhutaṁ lomahaṁsanaṁ;9.3Namo karonti sappaññā,9.4vandanti taṁ mahāmuniṁ.

10.1Sohaṁ nūna ito gantvā,10.2yoniṁ laddhāna mānusiṁ;10.3Thūpapūjaṁ karissāmi,10.4appamatto punappunan”ti.

11.1Dhātuvivaṇṇapetavatthu dasamaṁ.

12.1Cūḷavaggo tatiyo.

13.1Tassuddānaṁ

14.1Abhijjamāno kuṇḍiyo,14.2rathakārī bhusena ca;14.3Kumāro gaṇikā ceva,14.4dve luddā piṭṭhipūjanā;14.5Vaggo tena pavuccatīti.