These relics are the crystallization of the merits of practicing abstinence and wisdom. In fact, it only appears among Buddhists, but never among patients with gallstones.

What is a relic?

Its magical phenomena show that it can't be a stone:

Medical students should know the appearance and physical properties of stones. The solid is mainly composed of calcium or metal salt deposits, which are similar in shape to scales and fragile (so stones can be broken by ultrasonic waves), and these things will become powdery oxides at high temperature.

Dade's tongue, heart and other soft tissues without bones can also be cremated to form Buddhist relics, and even the tongue of a Buddha-chanting parrot can also become Buddhist relics.

What's more, the number of stones in the body is very small, otherwise it will endanger life, but sometimes the number of relics in Dade is amazing (tens to tens of thousands), and the colors and shapes are different. So many people can't burn stones, can they live?

It's not just monks who are vegetarian all the year round. After only one year's conversion, laymen also have colorful relics after burning, while ordinary vegetarians and many vegetarian animals have relics.

In all kinds of examples, some relics are pure and flawless, some can appear out of thin air (rain falling from the sky), some can shine, some can grow, some can show words on bones, and even the flesh shrinks or disappears, which is beyond the explanation of common sense and modern science.

Of course, some so-called relics are really bones and teeth that have not been completely burned, but stones cannot be incinerated into relics.

The word "relic" was originally called "relic" and later called "relic". Buddhist relics were originally translated into various names in Hindi, meaning (Buddhist relics) or (spiritual bones), but Buddhist relics were not completely obtained by cremation, and there are many examples of Buddhist relics from heaven.

The "relic" is the crystallization of personal abstinence and wisdom. It is also a witness to the achievements of practitioners and can strengthen the practice of disciples. Therefore, when Buddhists see the Buddhist relics, it is like seeing the Buddha and Bodhisattva, worshiping them and offering them sincerely. But before nirvana, the Buddha told his disciples not to pay attention to his Buddhist relics, but to "Dharma Buddhist relics", that is, ancient books that integrate his words, deeds and examples.

There are three main types of relics:

1. Whole body relic: Master Huineng of Shaoguan, Guangdong, and Di Chin, a Tibetan monk of Jiuhuashan Sports Hall in Anhui; Ishii, founder of Shijing Temple in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is what we call a "flesh bodhisattva" whose flesh does not rot.

2, broken relics: it is what everyone usually calls relics. The Buddhist relics after the cremation of Sakyamuni Buddha, the living Buddha of Lausanne Temple, and Master Zhu Zhai are all broken Buddhist relics. Among them, there are many kinds.

3. Relic: The Sutra of Seating, the Sutra of Vulgarity, the Sutra of Tibetan Buddhism and the Sutra of Han Buddhism all belong to the Relic of Relic. It is the crystallization of wisdom left by Dade to future generations.

The Buddhist relics and great virtues left by the Buddha and the eminent monks can make us yearn for the cause, thirsty and believe in Buddhism. Originally, the Buddha was immortal. The reason why he died soon is a convenient performance, in order to prevent all beings from rising dependence and even rising tired and slack hearts. "Hokkekyo" said: "If the Tathagata often becomes immortal, it will be arrogant and annoying. I can't bear the thought of suffering, and the heart of respect is convenient to say. Monks should know that it is difficult to meet a Buddha. " After the Buddha's extinction, leaving the relic to build a tower for all sentient beings is to let all sentient beings offer a rare thought, think about seeing the Buddha when they see the relic, and even "see the Buddha wholeheartedly without cherishing their lives", so as to forge ahead and practice diligently. If we sincerely respect the Buddhist relics, we will feel the intercourse of Taoism and the appearance of the Buddha. This is always the case. In Hokkekyo, the Buddha said to himself, "When I was with all the monks, I came out of Lingjiusan. When I was talking about sentient beings, I stayed here for convenience, but the existing ones cannot be destroyed. " He also advised: "If you have a wise man, don't be suspicious here. When the order is broken forever, the Buddha's words are true. " In the Sui Dynasty, when the master of Tiantai wise man read the "Skill of the King of Medicine and Bodhisattva" in Beijing, he suddenly fell into deep thought and looked at Lingshan for a while, as if he had never left. Master Hui Si confirmed: "I don't know, I can't prove it." This thing can prove.