2,500 years ago, when Sakyamuni entered Nirvana, his disciples obtained a skull, two shoulder blades, four teeth, a middle finger bone relic and 80,000 pieces from the ashes when his body was cremated. Four thousand bead-shaped true body relics. In the changing clouds of history, most of the relics have been lost, annihilated, and destroyed. Fortunately among misfortunes, many Tang Dynasty antiquities were discovered in the underground palace of Famen Temple in 1987, including the only "Buddha's finger relic" in the world. When unearthed, the Buddha's finger relic was packaged in a five-fold treasure letter. It was 40.3 mm high and weighed 16.2 grams. It was slightly yellow in color with slight cracks and spots. According to historical records, in the Tang Dynasty, the relic was "an inch and a half long, folded up and down, with different heights. It was flat on three sides, with one side slightly higher, with hidden marks in the middle. It was as white as rain and slightly green, dense and glossy, and had a square marrow hole. Big, accessible from both top and bottom." The description is consistent with the real thing, but the color has become slightly yellow due to being soaked in liquid for thousands of years. There is a picture link at the end.

"Relics" were originally called "Relics", and later they were called Relics. Relics were originally translated as (Set Luo) in Indian... and other names with different meanings. As (relics) or (spiritual bones), relics are not completely obtained through cremation, but can also be obtained by chanting sutras, "engraving sutras" and worshiping Buddha or Vajra Indestructible Body Relics and the aura of heaven and earth.

"Relics" are the crystallization of personal precepts, concentration, and wisdom. It is also a testimony that practitioners have achieved results and can strengthen disciples in their practice. Therefore, when Buddhists see relics, they are like seeing Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. They pay homage to them and make offerings sincerely. But before the Buddha entered Nirvana, he told his disciples not to pay attention to his relics, but to pay attention to the "Dharmakaya Relics", which is the collection of his words, deeds, and teachings.

There are many kinds of relics. Real relics are extremely hard. If you hit them with a hammer, the hammer and anvil will sink without any damage. Color is not necessarily the same, and different colors have different meanings. There are also some flaky colored hard lumps that are easier to break, called relic flowers. You can see a lot of it in the later videos.

I am a little lazy about the explanation and story of the relics. You can check out the following link, with pictures and texts.

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"Record of the Physical Body of Layman Zhou Fengchen"

In any case, despite being placed at home without any protective measures for two years, there was no mutation, and the natural glazing process cannot be explained by current science.

Scientists explain that this may be the result of stones and mineral deposits caused by long-term vegetarianism. But this conjecture is obviously untenable, because a small amount of relics are usually found on bones after cremation, and the large number of relics after the death of many great masters shows that the relics cannot be all mineral deposits (such as the woman in the first video layman). There are many people suffering from stone disease. Most of the stones are scale-like and ugly in color. In terms of hardness, they are even more unlikely to be relics.

Why don't ordinary people have pure and transparent relics, but enlightened people will have relics even if they only practice for one year?

There is a book that introduces many stories of eminent monks and anecdotes related to the relics from ancient times to the present - "The Miraculous Relics" written by Muqiao Layman

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