Relic
relic_toothposter Originally uploaded by williamnyk . I may not be a Buddhist, but I recently visited the Buddha's and His Disciples' Relics World Tour held at the Mines International Convention Center . It's organized by the Gelugpa Buddhist Association . I thought it was a walk-in affair, but boy, was I wrong. Had to queue ( lines made up of strung up mantras to keep out the vampires? ), had to wait. Prior to registration, we were given an electronic counter to keep track of the number of times we chanted Om Mani Padme Hung ( dont know what it means ). They want to keep track of the number to achieve a mass chanting record. If you chant 5,000 times or more, you get a gift. My poor thumb was exhausted after clicking up to 1,000 ( itchy fingers ), so I can't imagine actually chanting 5,000 or more times. Upon entry, we got to see many religious paintings painstakingly done by lamas. Kinda like illuminated manuscripts. At the relics section, we saw the relics