Interesting to think about hair “relics” outside the Buddhist tradition.
Hair relics are a thing with Catholic saints too, eh?
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We try to leave this world behind but those in it often do not want to leave us behind, holding onto some small aspect left in the tangible material nature. But I often notice that those practicing Buddhist the hardest aren’t attached to rituals, places of pilgrimage, holidays, or even relics.
Another great example of “American civil religion”
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