The real Buddha refers to the relic.

The relic is a transliteration of Sanskrit, which means corpse or bone. Later, it refers to the crystal particles left by the cremation after the death of monks or laymen in Gaode. The number varies, from a few to a dozen, to dozens, hundreds or even more. The relics come in different colors, such as red, white, green and purple. Now the common relics are bones, black hair and red meat. There are also whole-body relics, which form a complete "indestructible body" after sitting in the cylinder for many years. Because most of the relics are like beads, like jade and agate, they are also called relics.

According to Buddhist records, 2500 years ago, at the age of 80, Sakyamuni died under the Miluo tree in the suburb of Najie and was detained here. After his body was cremated, he got 84,000 relics. His disciples picked out 1 skull, 2 shoulder blades, 1 middle phalanx, 4 teeth and many beaded relics from the ashes. 200 years later, King Ashoka of the Peacock Dynasty in northern India unified the whole country by force. Because too many people were killed in the war, Buddhist monk Shaman advised him to "put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha." Ashoka deeply regretted it, so he converted to Buddhism and established Buddhism as the state religion. In order to promote Buddhism, he spread 84,000 Buddhist "relics" all over the world and built towers for worship. Among them, 65,438+09 volumes were introduced to China. With the support of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 65,438+09 pagodas were set up all over the country, and Famen Temple was the first one, which is why Famen Temple was always called "Asoka Temple" before the Sui Dynasty. According to records, the "relic" of Famen Temple is the phalanx of Buddha, so it is called "Buddha refers to relic".