Victoria Ewart

At the Bodhi Tree, the exhibit was hosted by Victoria Ewart, who is the Relic Tour Manager, and Martin Wassell, producer of the video, "Heart of Tibet: An Intimate Portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama."

Relic Tour Manager, Victoria Ewart, commented that she had never seen a prostrating rabbit before.

Relic Custodians have witnessed the holy relics multiplying spontaneously.

Alternately, please call Victoria Ewart, Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour Global Manager (+1) 831 462-1487 or email Victoria at relictour@maitreyaproject.org

From March 2001 to December 2005 the Heart Shrine Relic Tour has visited the following cities, worldwide:

~ Victoria Ewart, Manager of Maitreya Projects Heart Shrine Relic Tour

Recognising the long-term benefits Maitreya Project is bringing to the region, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh is providing, free of charge, 750 acres/300 hectares of mainly agricultural land in Kushinagar.

Victoria Ewart, Relic Custodian and Tour Manager, reports, "The collection is staggering.

"The Buddha Shakyamuni had such compassion for beings that, knowing that so many people wouldn't actually see his holy body after he passed into nirvana, he regenerated it in the form of relics," explains tour manager Victoria Ewart.
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Victoria was appointed tour manager in June 2001 for the exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand.

The organizers say the historical timing is significant.In the wake of the September 11 attack, wars, and economic uncertainty, the relics offer a cause for world peace...

"Maitreya symbolizes loving kindness - love, compassion, tolerance for others," says Victoria.

"Relics don't normally travel," tour manager Victoria Ewart told about 50 people who attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition at the Berkeley Shambhala Center."They're normally kept inside sacred stupas."

And they don't often travel in large numbers when they do tour.

But the objects on display in Berkeley include more than 500 tiny pieces from at least seven collections of supposed remains of the historical Buddha, as well as another 500 pieces from 29 famous Buddhist saints and disciples ranging from ancient times to the present, Ewart said.

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"Relics don't normally travel," tour manager Victoria Ewart told about 50 people who attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition at the Berkeley Shambhala Center."They're normally kept inside sacred stupas."

And they don't often travel in large numbers when they do tour.

But the objects on display in Berkeley include more than 500 tiny pieces from at least seven collections of supposed remains of the historical Buddha, as well as another 500 pieces from 29 famous Buddhist saints and disciples ranging from ancient times to the present, Ewart said.

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For 3 days, over 2 km of Queen Street East between Coxwell and Victoria is closed to traffic and draws tourists and locals in excess of 900,000 people.

~ Victoria Ewart, Manager of Maitreya Project's Heart Shrine Relic Tour

The pearllike and crystallike objects, known as ringsel, appear during a master's cremation as a sign that the master truly achieved enlightenment and spiritual purity and showed loving kindness to others, says Victoria Ewart, the tour manager based in Soquel, Calif. The oldest relics in the tour actually predate the Historical Buddha.The most recent are from Ven Ribur Rinpoche, a master who died in January."It's not an ancient phenomenon," Ewart says.
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There also have been testimonies of healings and visions after encounters with relics, and some people are overcome with emotion."We encourage people to be open-minded," Ewart says.