A historic assembly has taken place between His Eminence Dr. Pallegama Hemarathana Nayaka Thera, the Atamasthanadhipathi (Chief Custodian of the Eight Sacred Shrines) of Sri Lanka, and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Buddhist students have interpreted this assembly between the custodian of Sri Lanka’s dwelling historic heritage and the religious chief of the Tibetan folks as a robust image of the approaching collectively of the Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist traditions.
The place of Atamasthanadhipathi is thought to be probably the most extremely revered workplaces within the Buddhist world.
In line with an historic royal decree, the three most sacred establishments of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist heritage are recognised because the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic), Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak), and the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi. Because the custodian of the Atamasthana in Anuradhapura, the Atamasthanadhipathi Chief Prelate holds profound religious in addition to authorized authority.
Including deep emotional significance to the event, it’s reported that Venerable Hemarathana Thera introduced His Holiness the Dalai Lama with a sacred Bo sapling obtained from the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi.
Though His Holiness the Dalai Lama has, for a few years, expressed a want to pay homage on the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura, he has been unable to fulfil this go to on account of varied causes.
Nevertheless, the receipt of an genuine sapling of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, the world’s oldest traditionally documented tree, grown from the unique Bodhi tree below which the Buddha attained Enlightenment, is thought to be the religious fulfilment of that long-cherished aspiration.
