The Relics Gallery

All his life, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been collecting sacred relics offered by buddhist masters around the world. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has offered eight relics of Shakyamuni Buddha to the collection. Eventually the entire collection will be enshrined inside the Maitreya Buddha statue being built in India.

From time to time, visitors at Relic Tour events offer to the collection, relics with which they themselves have been entrusted. Their intention is that many others may benefit.

This incredible generosity and kindness means that the collection is becoming larger and more varied, now including masters from many different buddhist traditions. This reflects the Relic Tour's non-sectarian approach and universal message.

So, as the Tour travels around the globe, this sacred collection is constantly evolving and growing.

There follows below, more information about the holy relics presently in the collection:

Kasyapa Buddha
Kasyapa Buddha was the third of the 1,000 Buddhas of this Fortunate Aeon
Shakyamuni, the Historical Buddha
Who gained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India
Shakyamuni Buddha's Heart Disciples
Maudgalyayana, Ananda and Sariputra
Nagarjuna
The great Indian Buddhist Pandit
Bodhisattva Chophak
A great master was known for his steadfast guru devotion
Yeshe Tsogyel
A 9th century Tibetan Princess and meditation master
Lama Atisha
The most learned scholar at Nalanda Monastery in India
Milarepa
A great Tibetan meditation master
Geshe Chekhawa
Tibetan meditation master who developed the realisation of bodhicitta
Lama Tsongkhapa
Founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
Gyalwa Ensapa
A great Kadampa master from Tibet
Vajrapani
Personification of limitless compassion
His Holiness the First Karmapa
Spiritual leader of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
Pabongka Rinpoche
A great master of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
Lama Thubten Yeshe
A great Buddhist master and founder of Maitreya Project
Gwang-Chin Master
Master Gwang-Chin was born Huang Wen Lai in 1892
His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche
His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa
Terma Relics
Kondanna
Rahula
Vajrasattva Sky Relic
Relics from 500 Arhats
Longchenpa
Marpa the Translator
Jamyang Chokyi Lödro
Rigdzin Trinley
Chokgyur Lingpa (Chöling) Tertön
Master Songchol