What is a relic?

Question 1: What are relics in Buddhism? Relics are small beads that condense out of the ashes after a person is cremated (it is said that after a senior monk or living Buddha is cremated after death, some beads are condensed into the ashes. These beads are called The crystals left behind by the relics). But there are also studies that show that as long as you are vegetarian, you can still bear relics after death.

The relics are called Tuodu in Indian, also called Shililuo, and translated into Chinese they are called spiritual bones and body relics. Bones, remains. It is the crystal left behind after a person passes away and is cremated. However, the relics are completely different from the bones of ordinary dead people. Its shape is ever-changing, including round, oval, lotus-shaped, and some Buddha or Bodhisattva-shaped; its color is white, black, green, red, and various colors; some relics are like pearls, Some are like agate and crystal; some are transparent, and some are as bright as diamonds.

The white relics are for bones, the black relics are for hair, the red relics are for muscles, and there are also green or five-color relics.

The scriptures say that relics are obtained by a person through the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, as well as his own great vows. It is very rare and precious. For example, after the Buddha's nirvana, the relics burned were as much as one stone and six buckets. At that time, eight kings competed to divide the Buddha's relics, each of them got a share of the relics. They took the Buddha's relics back to their own countries, and Build pagodas for people to look up and worship. In addition, eminent monks and lay followers who have achieved great success in spiritual practice can also obtain relics from each other. For example, China's Sixth Patriarch Huineng, and modern masters such as Hongyi, Yinguang, Taixu, and Zhangjia all left behind a considerable number of relics.

The types of relics are generally divided into whole body relics and broken body relics. The whole body relics do not need to be cremated, and the whole body will not decay. This kind of body relics is called the whole body relics, also called the physical Bodhisattva; the broken body relics are the remains after cremation. But there are also some relics that are not transformed from the human body, such as those that come out of the sky or the earth, or are born from oil lamps, or are born from flowers. There are also some relics that are obtained by sincere worship and relics, and relics are regenerated from the relics. In the "Bathing the Buddha's Merit Sutra", the relics are divided into: first, the birth body relics, also called the body bone relics, which are the remains of the Buddha; second, the Dharma body relics, also called the Dharmakaya relics, which refer to the teachings left by the Buddha. , commandments.

Question 2: What is the relic? In fact, it is not that complicated. Relics = stones. Because monks eat vegetarian food all year round, especially soy products, they are prone to stone formation. People usually turn into ashes after cremation, but because of the stones, they will be refined into a small stone under high temperature. Crystals, some monks also have a few crystals. Later generations deified these and called them relics. Hehe, thank you for accepting

Question 3: What is the relic? The relic is called Tuodu in Indian, also called Shililuo, and translated into Chinese it is called spiritual bone, body bone, and body. It is the crystal left behind after a person passes away and is cremated. However, the relics are completely different from the bones of ordinary dead people. Its shape is ever-changing, including round, oval, lotus-shaped, and some Buddha or Bodhisattva-shaped; its color is white, black, green, red, and various colors; some relics are like pearls, Some are like agate and crystal; some are transparent, and some are as bright as diamonds. White relics are for bones, black relics are for hair, red relics are for muscles, and there are also green or five-color relics. There are three types of relics: 1. Full-body relics: the Sixth Patriarch Huineng in Shaoguan, Guangdong, the Golden Ksitigarbha monk enshrined in the Flesh Body Hall in Jiuhuashan, Anhui; the Shi Jing Patriarch of the Shijing Temple in Chengdu, Sichuan, etc. This is what we call the "physical Bodhisattva" whose physical body is incorruptible. 2. Broken body relics: This is what everyone usually calls relics. The relics of Sakyamuni Buddha after his cremation, the Living Buddha of Luosang Hall, and Master Zhuzhai... are all the relics of the broken body. There are many kinds of them. 3. Dharmakaya relics: All scriptures of Theravada, Dharmakaya, Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism are Dharmakaya relics. It is the wisdom and wisdom that the great virtue left to future generations. But there are also sayings that there are four types, and the fourth type is called relics that come out of nothing (such as relics dropped from heaven and worshiped) Picture:

Question 4: What does relic mean? Shariputra: In the Heart Sutra, it refers to Venerable Shariputra, a disciple of the Buddha. He is the most intelligent Arahant.

Question 5: What are relics? What's the use? After the Buddhist monk passed away, he was cremated at more than 1,000 degrees Celsius and left behind something like agate. The problem is that during routine X-ray examinations by these eminent monks during their lifetime, no abnormality in Ren Gong was found. This cannot but be amazing.

Question 6: What are relics? What's the use? Do ordinary people have it? Ask God for help. In India, the homeland of Buddhism, cremation has been practiced since ancient times, and Buddhism has also inherited this custom since ancient times. So when Sakyamuni died, his body was naturally sent to the crematorium and burned to ashes. Later, his disciples carefully detected some of the ashes and kept them as souvenirs. This is also a habit practiced by ordinary Indian people, and the Japanese still use this method to dispose of dead bodies. However, due to their low intelligence and the influence of "relic worship", many Buddhists in China actually began to have a belief in the ashes (relics) of monks, viewing these things as mysterious and mysterious. There is a kind of divine power that can respond to requests. In religious terms, this is called "Mana" worship, which is popular among uncivilized native people. In China, since the Southern Song Dynasty, the Communist Party has banned folk cremation, and only allowed Buddhism to continue to practice this Indian cremation custom. Gradually, a trend formed in Buddhism. It is said that any so-called famous monk must be able to burn out the relics. Otherwise, the deceased famous monk will be "disgraced". The Indian Sanskrit word for relic is Sarira, which is transliterated into Chinese as relic, Shililuo, Sriluo, and practical benefit. However, in the future, people used to use the word relic, and sometimes it was also called "zi" to form relic son. The original meaning of Sanskrit is "body", "body", and "remains", which refers to the dead body or bones after death. Indian Pali also uses Sarira to refer to "dead body". According to Chapter 40 of "Fa Yuan Zhu Lin": "The relic is a Sanskrit word from the Western Regions, and is called a bone body. However, for fear of being misused as the bones of ordinary people, the name is preserved in the Sanskrit version." In other words, in Sanskrit in India, the ashes of the dead are called Sarira (equivalent to ashes in English). However, in order to respect the ashes of Sakyamuni Buddha and distinguish them from the ashes of ordinary people, the word "sarira" will be used exclusively to refer to them in the future. Ka's ashes. But as time went by, the use of "relics" expanded to apply to all the remains of Buddhists who were cremated or buried. Today, the word relic has become a proprietary term in Buddhism. But according to the original meaning of Sanskrit, the remains of the dead are called relics, which has nothing to do with whether the deceased believed in Buddhism or not. However, since the word Sarira was introduced to China from Buddhism, and since cremation was banned for ordinary people after the Southern Song Dynasty and only Buddhists were allowed to be cremated, the term relic has naturally become exclusive to Buddhists. Types of relics Relics can be divided into two types: "Dharma Song Relics" and "Body and Bone Relics". Dharma-song relics refer specifically to the legacy (teachings) of Sakyamuni Buddha, because it is said that where all sutras are, there is a Buddha. But this abstract relic is not noticed by ordinary people. Many people today believe that the mysterious and unpredictable relics refer to the body and bone relics. This kind of relics can be divided into two categories: first, the whole body relics (made by burial), and second, the broken body relics (made by cremation), which are briefly described below. Whole body relics: This does not refer to the scattered bones of the body that become scattered after several years of burial, but specifically refers to the so-called "indestructible body", which means that a dead body can maintain its complete body after being buried in a special burial method. . This sounds very mysterious and strange, but as long as you know its special burial method, the mystery will become ordinary. Zit quotes the Buddhists themselves to explain how to obtain this full-body relic. Layman Hu Guowei said: "...the wool comes from the sheep, and the relics come from the dead body, so the relics are always called dead bodies. When we understand this, it is easy to understand the relics. The whole body relics are the so-called indestructible body. This body is buried in the ground. The method of burial in Buddhism is to match the warmth of the earth's core and the density of the coffin or jar. The jar is placed in the earth with the lid of another jar, and the lid of the jar is placed in the earth. It is covered with a tower (this tower is not an ordinary big tower, please note, Gong noted). In this way, the heat of the sun penetrates the tower body and combines with the earth's air inside the tower. Because the cylinder is sealed tightly, insects and ants cannot escape from the outside. When it enters the body, it is difficult for bacteria to grow, so the perishable organs in the body turn into water and absorb it into charcoal. The skin and tendons shrink due to the heat, and the skeleton is connected tightly. After three years of operation, the whole body will be completed." But Hu also specifically stated, “If the vat is left exposed for too long after sealing, the burial will be improper, and the heating and density are not suitable, the body bones will disperse.

Ordinary people are buried in coffins, and some corpses are buried in the clothes column. Mr. Kanyu calls it good Feng Shui, and the common people call it the place where corpses are raised..." ("Talking about the relics", Juese Xun, May 21, 46th year of the Republic of China ). Hu pointed out in the same article that because monks eat vegetarian food and abstain from meat, they have less rotten fat. Furthermore, because monks abstain from sexual desire, they reduce the consumption of essence and blood and maintain the nutrition of their joints, so it is easier for them to obtain body relics after death. After listening to layman Hu's opinion, everyone will know that the so-called "indestructible body" only means that the body has been buried in a special way... >>

Question 7: The relics in the Heart Sutra What does 子 mean? The general meaning of the entire passage of the Heart Sutra is "the fundamental way to transcend worldly hardships through broad-minded wisdom."

The Heart Sutra is all about Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva preaching to Shariputra.

Question 8: What exactly are relics? Will ordinary people have it after cremation? Relics are solid crystals unique to Buddhism after the cremation of eminent monks. According to Buddhist theory, it is the result of Buddhist practitioners' precepts, concentration, and wisdom, and it is one of the signs of enlightenment and attainment.

? Ordinary people will not have relics after cremation. Someone collected the cremated ashes of Buddhist deceased achievers and compared them with the ashes of ordinary people. It was found that the ashes of the deceased were colored, while the ashes of ordinary people were gray-white. The bones of the deceased contained small crystals, namely relics, which were They come in a variety of colors and shapes, and the cremated remains of ordinary people break into pieces at the slightest movement, so their hardness is completely incomparable to those of relics.