Daniel_Cheung
06-28-2009, 12:12 AM
Atheist China promotes Buddhism 中國推廣佛教
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31175
The officially atheist government of China has given itself a new cause, which is to promote the country?s image as an important centre of Buddhism. This is evident from the latest move involving the display of two relics that are said to be from the Sakyamuni?s body.
The government on Tuesday decided to make public the relics that had been kept out of public gaze in an underground vault of the Capital Museum in Beijing. The relics have been returned to the Beijing Yunju Temple, where they were found in the first place....
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31175
The officially atheist government of China has given itself a new cause, which is to promote the country?s image as an important centre of Buddhism. This is evident from the latest move involving the display of two relics that are said to be from the Sakyamuni?s body.
The government on Tuesday decided to make public the relics that had been kept out of public gaze in an underground vault of the Capital Museum in Beijing. The relics have been returned to the Beijing Yunju Temple, where they were found in the first place....