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Sacred Buddha Tooth Relics and Relics in the World

Famous Chinese Monks Who Viewed The Buddha Tooth
Sacred Buddha Tooth Relics in the World
Other Sacred Relics of the Buddha in the World

Daoxuan (596 – 667 AD)


Dàoxuān (Chinese: 道宣; Wade-Giles: Tao-hsüan; CE 596-667) was the Chinese Buddhist monk who wrote both the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks (續高僧傳 Xù gāosēng zhuàn) and Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction.

 

Daoxuan, the Patriach of the Vinaya School, reportedly received the tooth during a nocturnal visitation from a divinity connected to Indra.

 

This is claimed to be in Xiangguo si in Kaifeng in Honan province, Joju-ji temple in Kyoto, Engaku-ji in Kamakura, palace of King of Koryo, and Sennyu-ji in Kyoto.

Bibliography:

  1. Relics of the Buddha, John S. Strong, Princeton University Press, 2004, ISBN-13:978-0-691-11764-5, chapter 7, pages187 - 190

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