What is the scientific meaning of Buddha relic? According to the literature, the relic is a transliteration of Sanskrit SZYIYZ, also translated as "Shirero", which means "bones", referring to the remains of the deceased after cremation. Usually refers to the solid objects left by Sakyamuni after cremation. Such as Buddha relic, Buddha tooth relic, Buddha finger relic, etc. There are two kinds of stupas in Buddhist scriptures: one is dharma stupas, which is what Sakyamuni called Buddhist scriptures. Second, the living relics, that is, the solid objects left by Sakyamuni after cremation. This kind of relic can be divided into three types, according to the source of Zhu Lin: one is bone relic, white; The second is the hair relic: black; The third is meat relic, red. But they are all round and bright, firm and unbreakable, which is incomparable to the jewels in the world. In addition, bodhisattvas and arhats also have Buddhist relics. It's just different in firmness.
The worship and piety of the Buddhist relics began with the Buddhist relics of Sakyamuni. After Sakyamuni was cremated, seven kings, including King Ahe of Mahadua, sent messengers to the cremation site to detain the body of that city and asked the local Moros to give it to the Buddha relic. At first, the Romans refused to give it to them. After luna's mediation, the Buddhist relic was divided equally among the eight kings. After being included in the relic, all countries returned to China to build pagodas and hold commemorative meetings regularly. Acts Luna took back the empty bottle that was originally filled with Buddhist relics and built a bottle tower. Finally, the late Peacock King couldn't get the relic, so he had to take back the charcoal and ashes left by Sakyamuni after cremation and build a tower to be safe. Therefore, the Sakyamuni relic is divided into ten parts: (1) King Mugatuo and King Ahe; (2) Thunderbolt will leave the country and commit crimes against Thunderbolt; (3) The Sakyamuni people in Kapiro; (4) Alegabo who left the clan; (5) Ramai, Chiliye; (6) Pita Diboi, Polomen; (7) Boboi, Luowei nationality; (8) Detaining the body of the Moro nationality in Rona City; (9) Yi Bali, peacock family; (10) item's surname is Boluomen, native to luna. The above points are divided into the construction and safety of stupas, and the Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures also records the Nirvana Sutra, which was originally published in Pali. The so-called: "The Eight Kings started from the Eight Pagodas, and the golden jars were ashes; If it is Jambu-Di^pa, start with the ten towers. "
By the third century BC, King Ashoka promoted Buddhism, excavated the Buddha's bone stupa built by the Eight Kings, took it out, and rebuilt the new stupa in Anfeng. Thus increasing the reverence for the Buddha's bone relics. King Ashoka put the obtained relics in 84,000 treasure letters, further expanding the scope of Buddhist relics. King Ashoka promoted Buddhism and built 84,000 pagodas to support the relics, including 17 in China. Today, according to Zhu Lin, the source of law, it is listed as follows: (1) Yunxian Pagoda in the Western Jin Dynasty. ② Jinling Chang Gan Tower in Eastern Jin Dynasty. (3) Zhao Shi Qingzhou Dongcheng Building. (4) Dongpanta to the east of Yaoqin River. (5) Qishan South Tower on Monday. (Famen Temple Tower) (6) Zhouguazhou East Tower. (7) Dacheng Temple Tower, a native of Zhousha Prefecture. (8) West Tower, the old capital of Zhou Luo. (9) Zhou Liangzhou Ancient Pagoda. (10) The governor of Ganzhou demolished the ancient pagoda in Dan County. (1 1) Huoshan south tower in Jinzhou, Zhou. (12) Dacheng Temple Tower in Dai Qi. (13) Gansu Temple Tower in Suiyi Prefecture. (14) Miaole Temple Tower in Huaizhou. (15) Jingming Temple Tower in Sui and Bing States. (16) Tower of Yushe County, Suibinzhou. (17) Huang Lin County Building in Sui and Tang Dynasties.
198 1 year165438+1on the morning of 27th October, when cleaning the ground in the Lei Yin cave, the staff of fangshan county Cultural Department and Yunju Temple Cultural Relics Protection Center saw a stone five centimeters underground behind the Buddha, but they were a little surprised when they opened it. There was a hole under the stone and there was a letter in it. At this time, there were experts from the Institute of World Religions of China Academy of Social Sciences. People thought of the records in the history books about the possession of relics in Shijingshan, so they carefully pulled them out. After intense work, all five letters were taken out at 15 12. The relics are hidden in the letter, and there are two * * *, the size of rice grains and beige, which are meat relics. After taking photos on the spot, the letters and relics were sent to Beijing for preservation by the Beijing Cultural Relics Bureau. Subsequently, Buddhist cultural relics experts opened the letters one by one and conducted repeated research. Five years and five months later, on April 28th, 1987, the Beijing Municipal Government held a press conference for Chinese and foreign journalists to announce this important discovery. The next day, major newspapers reported the news conference and the discovery of Buddha bones.
External letters are white marble and big stone letters. It is 49 cm long and 49 cm wide. Height 50.8 cm, this letter was written by Mingzeng. The cover of the letter is engraved with the inscription 172.
The second letter is a bluestone letter. The length and width are 30 cm and the height is 24 cm. There are four or five liters of spiritual bones in it. 198 1 I didn't see it when I sent the letter. It seems that the Ming people took it out.
These three letters are white marble letters. The length and width are 13.2 cm and the height is 13 cm. It belongs to the Ming Dynasty.
Four letters are gold-plated silver letters. It is 3.85 cm long and 5 cm high. There are lotus flowers at the top, lotus flowers in the middle of the four slopes, and honeysuckle patterns on both sides. The four sides of the letter are engraved with patterns of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Surrounded by lotus flowers and honeysuckle, it is extremely exquisite. There are 1 wooden painted Zhu Xiang and 1 1 pearls. This letter is the second letter of Sui Buddhist relic. It was gilded by the Ming Dynasty. The wooden treasures, pearls and other things in the letter were placed by the Ming people.
The inner letter of the relic is Bai Yuxin, with a length and width of 1.2 cm and a height of 1.7 cm, which was added by the Ming people. There are two cream-colored meat relics and two pearls the size of rice grains.
Obviously, the "two relics" found in 198 1 are not consistent with the inscription of "three relics built in" in the original external letter of Sui Relic, and many pearls are missing one relic, which becomes a puzzling mystery.