Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha

Auctioning the Buddha’s relics is perpetuating colonial violence

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"Buddha Relics"
“Buddha Relics” displays gems and bone relics at Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum. (Image courtesy Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore)

Religion News Service — On May 6, just days before Buddhists around the world celebrate the holiday of Vesak, Sotheby’s Hong Kong will put relics of the Buddha — what Sotheby’s calls the “Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha”— on the auction block.
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