When Zeau Modig began as the graduate school librarian at the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) nearly a decade ago, many of the students liv nearby. They came to the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, campus to check out some of the library’s 1,500 print books and make photocopies.
Zeau Modig, librarianOne of the amazing Golden Stone
Buddhist shrines is the of Myanmar. A huge boulder 7.6 meters high balances on the ge of the cliff of Mount Kyaiktiyo. This is a popular pilgrimage site for Buddhists around the world, the third most important shrine in Burma. The stone is special database cover with gold leaf, and on its top there is a golden pagoda.
myanmar gold stone
It is difficult to understand how, despite the laws of gravity, this huge boulder continues to balance on the very ge of the cliff. According to legend, the Golden Stone holds a lock of Buddha’s hair from falling.
During one of his earthly incarnations
Buddha gave the hermit Taiku Ta a lock of his golden hair. He carefully kept the valuable gift and only before his death gave it to King Tisu with the wish to fix the lock of Buddha’s hair on a boulder, the shape of which would resemble a head.
myanmar gold stone
A huge boulder was rais from the seab, and the god Sakra help find a suitable place for the shrine on Mount Kyaiktiyo. Buddha’s hair was plac in the pagoda built on the boulder, which holds the stone above the abyss at a height of about a thousand meters.
myanmar gold ston
espite all the apparent instability
The stone cannot be mov. But since the huge boulder is still unstable, you can rock it a little if you want. Tourists and pilgrims angola lists come to the come together to witness the belovd Stone are invit to personally test its strength and push it down the mountain. Only men are allow to approach the stone, because according to legend, only a woman can push the stone down.