Buddha's Dispensation

The Buddha's Dispensation (Pali: Buddha-sāsana) is the teaching - and dissemination of that teaching - of the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. In Theravada Buddhism that teaching is considered to reside within the Pali Canon and those existing, practical traditions that remain faithful to that dispensation.

All Buddha's Relics in the Ruwanwelisaya (the place where a large amount of Buddha's Relics exist) in Sri Lanka will join together and make a picture of a Buddha in the sky above Ruwanwelisaya. Then those relics and all Relics associated with Buddha in the human, Naga, heaven and Brahma worlds will came to the sky above the Vajrasana (diamond throne) in 'Bodh Gaya' of India and will make a complete picture of Buddha which will preach Dhamma for the last time. This will not be a normal preaching like in the 'Sutta Pitaka' in Pali Canon. It will be a 'Samukkansika mode of preaching' extensively on 'Four Noble Truths' which preach with Buddha's super-normal abilities. This is a very long (containing many hundred thousand words) preaching, done in high speed but everyone can understand each word clearly. With this preaching, many beings realize Nibbana. Then Vajrasana will come to the sky from the earth and all Buddha's Relics and Vajrasana will be completely burned out but without any ash.

After this 'Dhatu Parinirvana' and when the last Sotāpanna human passed away from the earth, it is said to be the end of Buddha's Dispensation. Before the end of Buddha's dispensation, anyone who correctly follows Buddha's words is said to be able realize the Nibbana. But after the Buddha's Dispensation it seems it is impossible since no one has the energy to correctly follow Buddha's words. But if any great being correctly follows Buddha's words even after the Buddha's Dispensation it is said to be able to realize the reality (Nibbana).

See also

• Cetiya
• Śāsana

References

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