What is the magic of relics that is sought after by the world?

In "Journey to the West", it is said that after the Buddha passed away and was reincarnated, he needed to use 17 relics to return to his peak state, and this story is not all brain-opening by the screenwriter, but also partly based on Buddhist culture. Death usually refers to the death of a Buddhist monk, and the cremation of a monk will condense relics, and people in Buddhism believe that after the cremation of a person who is advanced in Buddhism, his ashes will appear in the relics. Relics and relics are different, in Indian Buddhism, relics are the meaning of the body, relics are left after the death of the monks, so the relics are respected by the monks.

The relics are similar crystals, and the monks put the crystals and ashes together in a bottle, which is what the Indian monks call a "pagoda", and it is placed in the temple to be enshrined. Of course, ordinary people do not form relics, so how are relics formed? It is said that because the monks eat fasting and chanting Buddha all year round, the body consumes a large amount of fiber and minerals, and under the accumulation of perennial years, crystals are formed after cremation.

There are also people who believe that relics are stones in the body, and this kind of talk is mostly opposed, because having stones in the body can be very painful, and they are unlikely to form stones if they are vegetarian all year round.

There is also a saying that when the monks practice the Buddhist method, because of the merit will be formed naturally in the end, but many people still do not believe it, some people believe that the formation of relics is because the bones of the human body will have a chemical reaction with some other objects when they are cremated, of course, there is also a saying among some folk people, they believe that if people leave their desires for a long time, then due to the filling of essence, the human body will form a very strong relic.

The last statement, which is accepted by most people, is that Buddhist monks carry the ornaments they usually wear with them during cremation, and these ornaments are condensed into relics during cremation. Of course, these statements are just speculation, after all, we can't study the relics, after all, in the eyes of monks and believers, these are all left by high monks, and they are all Buddhist creatures.

Buddhism was introduced into China during the Han Dynasty, these monks came to China both for refuge and to preach Buddhism, and China itself has the tradition of sacrificing ancestors, combined with Buddhist culture, the relics have become a symbol of high monks, and the monks who can produce relics are willing to give during their lifetimes, Buddhism is profound, and they have a lofty status in the hearts of monks and believers, worthy of respect, so worshiping relics is also a kind of worship to them and a recognition of them, so they have been sought after.

The relics were obtained by burning the corpses of the monks after they had been seated. Legend has it that the higher the moral character, the more relics he gets, so he is sought after by the world.

The Buddha's golden body is immortal, and it is said that you can get shelter by putting it around, and you will be blessed with profound blessings and immortality. The world is convinced of this ancient legend, so it is sought after.

There is nothing magical about the relic, but it appears from the ashes of a high monk and has a religious color, so everyone will seek it out.

<> relics ** in Sanskrit. It means the remains of a monk.

Of course, people who believe in Buddhism have faith in their hearts, but Buddha is sacred, and cannot be seen or touched. Only those who have made immeasurable merit in past and present lives can become Buddhas. And the one who can produce relics is a Buddha. In this way, the relics are shrouded in mystery.

However, according to modern scientific research, the relics produced by the cremation of monks are not miraculous. It may be a substance formed by the bones of monks, stones in the body, and some objects.

Relic is a Sanskrit word, which translates into Chinese and means "strong seed". Bones, hair, blood, skin and flesh can all form relics, and it is incredible for us ordinary people to see it!

The relics are a kind of induction, which is mostly related to the fixed gong. After cremation, when a relic is picked up, according to the general saying, the purer the heart and the deeper the concentration, the better and more the relics will be fruited.

In the Buddha recitation, it has something to do with a pure mind, not with rebirth. Burning relics does not prove that he is dead; The most reliable proof of passing away is that when he passed away, he himself said, "The Buddha has come to guide me", which is the real death.

To be honest, there are too many strange things in the end of the Dharma period, what are the strange things? There are also counterfeit relics and the flesh left now! Relics, you see that they are very beautiful, and if you press them hard with your hand and they break, then they are not real; Really, the gavel can't be broken.

In 1977, they told me that Venerable Xuxu had relics for cremation, and foreigners would take them for experiments and knock them with a mallet. The gavels were all dented, and the relics remained unmoved, and they obeyed.

In our modern society, it seems that after cremation, it is more and more common to see relics, relics, relics, flowers, we see a lot, hear a lot. Is it a real relic? It's hard to tell.

In the Pure Land Sutra, it does not say that people cannot die if they are cremated after death without relics, and there are relics, which is very good; No, don't take it to heart, the most important thing is to keep your mind pure and not disturbed by these things, no matter what state you are in.

The fact that a person who recites Buddha has relics does not mean that he has passed away, but it can only be said that he has a little kung fu in his practice; The real recitation of the Buddha's death is to look at his dying appearance. From this, we can conclude that the significance of the relics is not very great, and we just know it.

The Hindi word for relics is called "Bundu", also called "Cherira", which is translated into Chinese as "spirit bone", "body bone", "body", "remains". It is a crystalline body left behind by a person's death and cremation. However, relics are completely different from the bones of ordinary dead people.

Its shape is ever-changing, some are round, oval, some are lotus-shaped, and some are Buddha-like or bodhisattva-shaped; Its colors are white, black, green, red, and there are also various colors; Some of the relics are like pearls, some like agate, and some are like crystals; Some are transparent, some are bright, like diamonds.

According to Buddhist scriptures, relics are obtained by a person through the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, as well as his own great wishes, and they are very rare and precious.

Ordinary people only have ashes after cremation, and after cremation, there will be relics that can't be burned by fire, you must know that even diamonds will be burned by fire, but relics will not be burned, this alone is enough for you to worship.

Modern science has taken a closer look at the relics, the relics are the stones in the body of the holy monks left after cremation, but the conclusion of the composition analysis of the relics, its formation is related to the living habits of the monks, but the number of relics left by each monk, the color is different, and there is a light at night, so there is no scientific answer to this day, or a mystery.

Not everyone can have relics after cremation, which is amazing enough. Mostly religious rendering.

It is a person who is in the realm of cultivation and is cremated after death. It is said that there are also living monks who sprinkle relics in their mouths when they give sutras, or who drop relics when they are performing sutras.

It is a high-energy aggregate that has a blessing effect.

Whoever gets it is also fate.

The relics will also give birth to the relics. It has to do with willingness.

The relics are the remnants of the former monks when they were seated.

Buddhism has always regarded relics as the most precious treasure.

There are also martial arts ** who describe relics as spiritual creatures with some mysterious power.

However, under the research of modern medicine, it is believed that relics are calcium substances produced by monks who meditate for many years due to changes in bone quality. Not some mysterious substance.

And the relics have nothing to do with the practice of the high monks, but only arise when they continue to be in a certain posture for a long time.

Although relics are considered to be the most precious treasures of Buddhism in traditional Asian thought, their spiritual significance is higher than their practical significance.

In other words, the relics are just some kind of symbol.