THE MEANING OF RELICS.

Relic Meaning

Relics are: These are the colorful crystals, sparkling like jewels, hard as a diamond, the hammer is not broke, fire does not burn, is found in the ashes of some monks.

So far, as the science and technology of mankind has developed at a high level, the clinic Li remains a mystery.

Buddhist treasures

"Xa li" is a transliteration of the word "sarira" in Sanskrit, literally means "hard particles". According to records in the history of Buddhism, the Buddha Shakyamuni passed away, the believers had brought the bodies cremated.

After the fire, they found in the ashes of many transparent crystals of different shapes and sizes, hard as steel, sparkling and radiating colorful rays of light, like a gem. They counted a total of 84,000 members, filled with 8 drawers and 4 games. It was named Amnesty li, the Buddhist treasures.

In recent years, the history of Buddhism and the scientific community has recorded many cases of monks after the death, cremation has left the clinic li. December / 1990, Huyen Hoang wizards in Singapore died, after the bodies were cremated, it was found in the ashes of his 480 hard particles, particle size, such as soybean, small grain, looks almost transparent and sparkling shine like diamonds. After analysis, the researchers have determined that it is amnesty li.

March / 1991 and vice chairman of the Buddhist Great Son, Standing Committee member of the Chinese Buddhism, after death was cremated according to his wishes. In ash up to 11,000 particles of residence li, world record ever of residence li cases officially recorded.

Amnesty Li can be as big as duck eggs, which is the case of shamans Drilling Energy, abbot West Shanxi Thach am in Que Binh district, Guangxi province, China. On 9/27/1989, he died at the age of 93. After the cremation, he was found in the ashes 3 green Amnesty Li, in the past, each member up to 3-4 cm in diameter, like the emerald.

The heart of Amnesty li

In some cases, Amnesty Li is part of the body burned. June / 1994, shaman List Screening, 93-year-old, Dharma Flower Pagoda (Guan Yin Mountain, Shaanxi Province, China) in an evening teaching experience has told his disciples: "I will leave my heart for our students. " Then this female monk sitting cross-legged and passed.

Accordance with the legal provisions of the temple, the disciples put her body in a green stone, stacking firewood around and fire. Fire lit for a day and a night. In the cold ashes, the disciples obtained 100 member clinics li to small. There is a circle (xa e li), it spread like flowers (amnesty streamline). The residence li flower looks very beautiful, sparkling snowflakes, around small particles washed amnesty li grain size, red, yellow, blue, brown ... very wonderful.

But the wonder of all, her heart was not burned. After the fire off, my heart is still soft, warm, and then cools and hardens, turns into a big amnesty Li, dark brown. About 100 students are present during the cremation ceremony was witnessed strange phenomena.

According to the, shaman List Screening is compassion, character, calm and peaceful, everyday she ate very little. Phap Hoa Pagoda was the bring the amnesty reason to be transferred to the Buddhist Society of Shaanxi Province.

Science is "insufficient"

Recent decades, the scientific community began to explain the Buddhist mystical phenomenon is mentioned in the scriptures. But when embarking on research centers li phenomenon, they have faced many obstacles.

In the past, people did not believe in centers li Buddha. Until 1997, he Peppe French conducted archaeological in the Piprava, southern Nepal, have found the clinic Li contained in a stone box. On the engraved text box order Brahmi contents as follows: "This is amnesty li Buddha. This amnesty li by the Sakya tribe, Savatthi worship ". This discovery proved: What is written in the Digha Nikaya and a number of other books on the residence li Buddha-division into 8 pieces for 8 ancient nations when the Buddha entering Nirvana is real. The strange thing is that for over 25 century, amnesty li Buddha still intact, sparkling colors.

On the formation of the clinic Li, so far there exist many different interpretations. The sociologist said that the habit of fasting, often use a large amount of fiber and minerals, digestion and absorption is very easy to produce phosphate and carbonate salts. These salt crystals gradually accumulate in parts of the body and eventually become centers li.

However, this theory is not convincing enough. Because the number of vegetarians in the world with hundreds of thousands, but why is not anyone cremation also social li? Some Buddhists also to no end, but why in the body of believers ordinary no amnesty li?

Some scientists believe that, can amnesty li a pathological phenomenon, similar to kidney stones, bladder stones, gallstones ... This hypothesis is difficult to stand. Because, after sending identify burned, the ashes of those who suffer from the diseases mentioned above did not detect amnesty li. On the other hand, the high-rise residence li-lifetime usually very healthy, life is also very high.

Buddhism has its own views on issues amnesty li. The first view that amnesty li is the result of the process of practice and hard work. The second point that it is the result of the process of moral cultivation, only appear in people who have heart of great compassion, always doing good.

However, the amnesty Li was finally formed? Its components? There must metals, nonmetallic not, nor diamond, emerald, only ashes remaining the practice after cremation; fire burning so that did not even have sparkling color, challenging time, none of the damage ...? A series of questions so far has yet to be answered.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/1/2013.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).