“The Buddha's sarira from Xi'an Famen Buddhist Temple arrives at the Convention and Exhibition Center during an oblatory ceremony in Hong Kong.”

“Hours before the oblatory ceremony, nearly a hundred believers gathered at the HKCE to wait for the arrival of the Buddha's finger bone.”

“This may also be supported by oblatory donations made by participants in the Neocatechumenal Way, as well as by foundations and other individuals.”

“Self-sacrifice is always an expression of oblational tendencies.”

“The latter reflect d'Urfe's problematic notions of Neoplatonism by sanctioning in writing an oblational and submissive love, and not a mystical union of the Platonic kind.”