All kinds of magical phenomena show that it can't be a stone: medical students should understand the appearance and physical properties of stones. The main component of solids is calcium or metal salt deposits, which are similar in shape to scale and fragile (so stones can be broken by ultrasonic waves), and these things will become powdery oxides at high temperature. Dade's tongue, heart and other soft tissues without bones can also be cremated to form Buddhist relics, and even the tongue of a Buddha-chanting parrot can also become Buddhist relics. What's more, the number of stones in the body is very small, otherwise it will endanger life, but sometimes the number of relics in Dade is amazing (tens to tens of thousands), and the colors and shapes are different. So many people can't burn stones, can they live?
It's not just monks who are vegetarian all the year round. After only one year's conversion, laymen also have colorful relics after burning, while ordinary vegetarians and many vegetarian animals have relics. In all kinds of examples, some relics are pure and flawless, some can appear out of thin air (rain falling from the sky), some can shine, some can grow, some can show words on bones, and even the flesh shrinks or disappears, which is beyond the explanation of common sense and modern science. Of course, some so-called "relics" are really bones and teeth that have not completely melted, but stones cannot be turned into "relics" after burning. "Relic" was originally called "relic" and later called "relic". Relic was originally translated into various names in India, which mean (relic) or (soul).
The "relic" is the crystallization of personal abstinence and wisdom. It is also a witness to the achievements of practitioners and can strengthen the practice of disciples. Therefore, when Buddhists see the Buddhist relics, it is like seeing the Buddha and Bodhisattva, worshiping them and offering them sincerely. But before nirvana, the Buddha told his disciples not to pay attention to his Buddhist relics, but to "Dharma Buddhist relics", that is, ancient books that integrate his words, deeds and examples.
There are three main types of relics:
1. Whole body relic: Master Huineng of Shaoguan, Guangdong, and Di Chin, a Tibetan monk of Jiuhuashan Sports Hall in Anhui; Ishii, founder of Shijing Temple in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is what we call a "flesh bodhisattva" whose flesh does not rot.
2, broken relics: it is what everyone usually calls relics. The Buddhist relics after the cremation of Sakyamuni Buddha, the living Buddha of Lausanne Temple, and Master Zhu Zhai are all broken Buddhist relics. Among them, there are many kinds.
3. Relic: The Sutra of Seating, the Sutra of Vulgarity, the Sutra of Tibetan Buddhism and the Sutra of Han Buddhism all belong to the Relic of Relic. It is the crystallization of wisdom left by Dade to future generations.