Today, I went to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (Singapore). My mother and Aunt 'donated' a lamp in the scared room which stores the Buddha Tooth. I had to go through a boring 1-2 hours of chanting session just a glass panel away from the very scared room . I kept quiet and just followed what the others were doing. It was boring but worthwhile. We went through a ceremony (i don't really know the significance of it). After that, we were lead to the scared room after a security check just like the kind in a airport. The monk describe every corner of the room from the material to the purpose of the object. The statue of the Buddha and the chamber which stores the Buddha's Tooth is made of pure gold. It was a eye-opener for me !!
Even the tiles were made of gold. It must have cost a bomb to built the whole 3 story high temple . Hope i would have a chance to enter that room again in the future.
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