Ressurection Stories

Upon death, Ivan Tsang Chee Vui's body was wrapped in blankets and plastic sheets and placed in the living room of a house in Taman Kobusak Villa,Penampang in Sabah, Malaysia. The deceased had earlier told his followers not to bury him as he would be resurrected. A woman who warned police not to touch the body had since been sent to hospital for pychiatric observations. Since the Easter Story on Jesus's resurrection, I have hardly heard of resurrection stories, most certainly not in modern times. The resurrection story of the past bore similarity in that women were involved. Three days after Jesus's death, it was said that a few women found His tomb empty. But of course, these women were sane and got to talk and eat with Jesus after that and forty days later, hundreds of other people got to witness Jesus before He ascended to Heaven. Unlike Jesus, Buddha, I was led to believe, did not resurrect. If I heard right, Budha did not even die. His leaving the world is considered parinibbana and it was said that it was His physical body that was leaving. In a talk by the late Rev. Abhinyanaa, I remember him saying that Buddha could have stayed on in earth if His chief disciple, Venerable Ananda had asked Him to. Perhaps then, we would have a true story on Buddhist resurrection...