As for the relics, we all know that they are left behind by the Taoist priests after their death, which in itself represents the great virtue left by the Taoist priests. What's more, there is such a thing as a relic, which only exists after the death of a Taoist priest, which is amazing in itself. Buddhism believes that Buddhist relics are made by practicing merits and virtues. Under the rendering of layers of magical colors, the relic has the function of "seeing the relic, like seeing the Buddha".
But most people don't really know what remains are. What's the difference between a relic and a relic? Did the Buddhist relics appear only after the monks became monks and were cremated? Can we explain the existence of relics from a scientific point of view?
What is a relic? What's the difference between a relic and a relic? Buddhist relics, transliterated in Sanskrit, are the general names of Indian bodies after death. In Buddhism, the ashes, bones and remains left by monks after their death can all be called relics.
But here the relic originally refers to "rice grain", because the Buddha relic looks like rice grain, so Buddhism calls it relic. So the relic itself is describing this kind of thing. Relics can be divided into whole relics and broken relics. The whole body relic refers to the fact that after the death of a monk, he was not cremated, but his body was intact, and he was generally made into a golden Buddha to worship. Broken relics are relics left by cremation after the death of monks, and the relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are broken relics. According to early records, Sakyamuni Buddha left a skull, two bones, four teeth and a middle finger bone after cremation. These bones are called relics.
After the death of a monk, the ashes left by cremation are buried underground or enshrined indoors in jars, which are called stupas.
To put it simply, a relic is a small particle of ashes left by a monk after his death or after cremation.
A relic is different from a relic. The relic refers to the crystal in the cremated ashes, which is very hard, colorful and different in shape, mainly black, white and red. The texture of the relics is also different, some are as round as pearls, some are like agate, and some are transparent.
Note that a relic can be called a relic, but not a relic.
Explain from a scientific point of view: how did the relic appear? Although the Buddhist relics of the monks were spread very mysteriously, some people paid a large sum of money to invite a Buddhist relic to come back for offering, just for the merits of its owner. It seems that some people are really because of the luck of the Buddhist relics or the decline of fortune. There is really no way to explain the reasons with science, but we can explain the causes of the remains from a scientific point of view.
Now, if someone goes to a Buddhist relic to offer sacrifices, someone will give you a Buddhist relic and tell you which monk left it when he was cremated. It contains a strange fragrance. When you meet someone who is destined, a small relic will be born around the relic.
We already know that the relic is the crystal left by the cremation of the monk's body. If the real relic can be born just by meeting a predestined relationship, it will no longer be under the jurisdiction of faith. This is called a miracle.
"There is a strange smell" and "it can give birth to a small relic", indicating that this thing is volatile and probably synthetic.
Anyone's remains include skin, flesh and blood, bones, hair and nails, as well as clothes and decorations worn during cremation. In Buddhism, it is generally believed that the black relic after cremation is hair, the red relic is muscle and the white relic is bone, and the corresponding color relic is the crystal formed by these parts.
According to the existing research, the relic is a kind of bone crystal, and its main chemical components are calcium, silicon, phosphorus and a small amount of elements such as potassium, sodium and iron, as well as minerals such as phosphate and silicate. These are the main components of the human body after cremation.
At present, there are three main understandings of how the remains are formed:
One is that it is a crystal produced by high-temperature cremation of stones in human body. This understanding is not desirable, because calcium or metal deposits, the main component of stones, are easy to powder at high temperature and cannot become crystals at all. What's more, there are so many stone people, why can only Buddhist relics appear when monks are cremated?
Second, monks or practitioners are considered vegetarians for many years. Vegetarianism leads to the increase of carbonate and phosphate content in the body, which deposits and forms crystals, which become crystals after high temperature combustion, that is, relics. In fact, this statement is not reliable. According to this statement, the relics have existed on people for a long time and can only be burned. What's more, there are so many vegetarians, why only monks are cremated to have Buddhist relics.
Thirdly, it is believed that clay and other minerals were added in the cremation process, which combined with ashes and calcined at high temperature to form relics.
In the end, this statement is more reliable and scientific. In fact, when monks are cremated, there will be many gems around them as funerary objects. These gems came out after cremation, also called relics, because they were cremated with monks, which defiled the holiness of monks.
From this point of view, the relics can not only appear when monks are cremated, but also can appear as long as the proportion of mineral elements in the body is appropriate and other substances are added properly when cremation occurs.
With the present scientific and technological means, relics can be artificially synthesized, just like diamonds, mainly using carbon in the human body. As early as 2009, someone applied for a patent for the method of making relics artificially.
"Grinding human ashes, crystals, products and silicate metal pigments into fine powder; Mix them evenly in proportion, add water, knead and shape them, make them into blanks of cultural relics, dry them, spray silicate metal pigments, dry them, preheat them, sinter them at 1300 oxidation degree, slowly cool them to room temperature, and print pictures and proverbs. "
This shows that it is very simple to make relics and even machines at the present level of science and technology. There have been more and more Buddhist relics in recent years, and all kinds of Buddhist relics add up to more than the number of Buddhist monks we know. The relic itself is a belief of Buddhism and a sustenance of Buddhist believers, and the fake relic just takes advantage of this belief. All the so-called relics in the market should be carefully identified!