What is a relic?

According to the records of Buddhist scriptures and the enlightenment of Master Yin Guang in Master Yin Guang Wen Chao, the Buddhist relics are made up of monks who abstain from wisdom, morality, wisdom and Taoism.

Some relics are very strong and extremely hard. If you hit them with a hammer, the hammer will be deformed, but the relics can be intact.

The main chemical composition of stone is calcium or metal salt deposits, and its physical properties are similar to scale, so it is fragile and will become powdery oxide at high temperature.

1, the whole body remains

Some monks died without burial or cremation, and their bodies were not specially treated, so their bodies would not rot. It's called a total relic.

The relic of the sixth ancestor Huineng, enshrined in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, is the relic of the whole body.

2. Broken remains

The broken relic is the crystallization of a monk's body after cremation. After monks are cremated, hair, bones, nails and flesh and blood can all form relics, and after cremation and crystallization, they form very strong relics.

3. relics of heaven

In some big dharma meetings, because of the incredible spiritual achievements of monks, a spiritual relic can often be formed. Some of these relics are milky yellow, some are pale yellow, and there are all kinds.

Extended data:

Buddhism respects and worships the relics and the relics. According to the theory of emptiness, Buddhism believes that the relic is only a material element and has no supernatural element. Buddhists respect Buddhist relics and Buddhist disciples' relics mainly because of the merits, compassion and wisdom of Dade monks before their death.

Relics are solid particles in relics, also known as "solid particles". The word relic has been divorced from its original meaning in later generations, and refers specifically to the beaded crystals formed after the cremation of the remains of Buddha or monks. After the cremation of the monk Dade, solid or crystalline particles are often found in the remains (relics). Therefore, Buddhists attach great importance to and respect the "hadron" in this relic, which is called "relic".

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Ruins-Baidu Encyclopedia