March 4, 2018 - This is a beautiful Buddhist temple in Singapore that was built in 1980 in the Teng dynasty style.
Here is the thing- it was built around an artifact that is reportedly the molar tooth of the actual Buddha! You cannot photograph the artifact but you can see it It is venerated by the locals and placed in a lovely gold altar. It was reportedly found by a priest in Bangledesh in 1980.
The thing you notice about it is that it is really large for a human tooth. So either Buddha was as big as one of his statues or it is not of human origin. That observation doesn’t take away from the beauty of the place
We attended service at St Andrews Cathedral nearby. It was comforting to be back around my own faith’s iconography. The place was packed with locals of multiple ethnic backgrounds. And the Vicar spoke from the pulpit about the death of Billy Graham. Here half way around the world - such was the reach of his ministry
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