The Buddha [Sun-Moon-Pure-Bright-Virtue Buddha] told the Bodhisattva [Gladly-Seen-By-All-Beings] to let his relics be distributed and paid homage to far and wide. But he meant not only to let his relics themselves be paid homage to but also, through this homage, to cause all living beings to raise the mind of cherishing a longing and thirst for the Buddha. The Buddha also told the bodhisattva to let thousands of stupas be erected. By this the buddha meant to cause all living beings to root the teaching in their minds through the erection of such stupas. The stupas were to be erected for the purpose of extolling the Buddha’s virtues. If we erect a Stupa with concern only for its form and appearance and forget the spirit of establishing the teaching in our minds, our minds cannot become attuned to the Buddha’s mind. What he wishes is not appearance but substance, not empty theory but practice.