Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Relic

In the middle of the night, Gongsun Guiyi was practicing in his room a unique cultivation method that only belonged to him—the Spiritual Divine Formula, which was guided by the Divine Mind clone.

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info spiritual formula is a special exercise of spiritual consciousness and divine thoughts, focusing on the experience of entering the world ** or through books, games of experience and various life consciousness experience to exercise the intensity of spiritual consciousness and divine thoughts, through epiphany to enhance the energy level of spiritual consciousness and divine thoughts, after the level of spiritual consciousness and divine thoughts is raised, and then use the consciousness of spiritual consciousness and divine thoughts to produce material ability to strengthen or reshape, and re-realize the harmony of spiritual and physical beings.

This spiritual formula is divided into nine stages: foundation building, distraction, refining, demon subduing, spirit control, detachment, transformation, void, and infinity, each stage is divided into three small layers, and there is no so-called bottleneck restriction in cultivation, but it is difficult to get started, and it is even more difficult to cultivate, and the requirements for people's divergent thinking ability and psychological endurance are extremely high, but the people who practice the beginning are all famous figures in history.

Such as Dongfang Shuo, Alexander, Yuan Tiangang, Li Jing, Li Chunfeng, etc., so far # Gongsun Guiyi has only practiced to the second small layer of the transformation stage.

Gongsun Guiyi had just finished running a big Zhou Tian when he suddenly felt that something seemed to resonate with his spiritual consciousness and divine thoughts in the distance.

Curiously, he let out his mind clone and moved towards the place where it resonated.

The place that struck the chord turned out to be a Bodhi tree, and there were eighteen relics under the tree.

1. "Bodhi"

"Bodhi"

The word is a transliteration of the ancient Indian (i.e., Sanskrit) bodhi, which means enlightenment, wisdom, and is used to refer to a person who suddenly wakes up from sleep, suddenly becomes enlightened, breaks into the path of enlightenment, realizes the truth, and attains the otherworldly realm.

In English, "Bodhi Tree"

The word peepul, bo-tree or large-tree, etc., all have the meaning of magnanimity, great compassion, distinguishing between good and evil, and realizing the truth.

And in plant taxonomy, the Latin scientific name of the linden tree is ficusreligosa, which means sacred religion.

According to legend, more than 2,500 years ago, the Buddha Shakyamuni was originally the prince of the Kapilavi Kingdom (in present-day Nepal) in ancient India.

After years of cultivation, I finally meditated under the Bodhi tree for 7 days and 7 nights, defeated all kinds of evil**, and when the sky was about to dawn and the morning star rose, I gained great enlightenment and finally became a Buddha.

Therefore, later Buddhism has always regarded the Bodhi tree as a sacred tree, and India has designated it as the national tree.

According to the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", after the Buddha became enlightened, he paced under the Bodhi tree for seven days, and different flowers followed the trail and released different lights.

In order to repay the kindness of the tree, the eyes are not temporary, so I look forward.

At this time, 500 green sparrows flew and went around the Bodhisattva three turns, which was very special and everyone rejoiced.

For this reason, devotees often bring flowers and other items to make offerings to the Buddha.

The Buddha often went out to preach the Dharma, and the followers sometimes did not meet the World-Honored One, and they were very disappointed.

Later, Ananda told the Buddha about this, and the Buddha said to Ananda, "There are three kinds of objects in the world that should be worshipped—Buddha bone relics, Buddha statues, and Bodhi trees. Worship the Bodhi tree, which is as great as the merit of praying to the Buddha, because it helps me to attain Buddhahood. ”

The Buddha who studied abroad explained his nature and said: "In Buddhism, the Bodhi tree is a sacred tree. Because the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, seeing the Bodhi tree is like seeing the Buddha. Therefore, worshipping the linden tree has become a common practice and has been passed down to this day."

2. Are relics in Hindu, Sanskrit?

arira, or Sri Riro, Sheriro; Righteousness "Bone Body"

, "Body"

"Remains" is a general term for the body of Indians after death. But that's not what it was meant to be. The original meaning of the relics was "rice grains", because the Buddha relics resembled rice grains, so they got their name. Therefore, the relics were originally only borrowed pronouns, and they were named entirely from their shapes. The relics are the solid particles in the relics, also known as "strong seeds". The term relics have been detached from its original meaning in later generations, and refer specifically to the bead-like crystals formed after the cremation of the bones of the Buddha or a monk. After cremation, solid or crystalline particles are often found in the ashes (relics) of the remains. Therefore, Buddhists attach great importance to and respect the "solid son" in this relic, and call it "relic". 2,500 years ago, when Shakyamuni was in Nirvana, his disciples received a parietal skull, two shoulder blades, four teeth, a middle finger phalanx relic, and 84,000 bead-shaped real body relics from the ashes when he cremated his remains. In the vicissitudes of history, the vast majority of relics have been scattered, obliterated, and destroyed. Fortunately in the misfortune, in 1987, many antiquities of the Tang Dynasty were found in the underground palace of Famen Temple, and the only "Buddha finger relic" in the world is among them. At the time of excavation, the Buddha's finger house was wrapped in a five-fold treasure box, which was 40.3 mm high and weighed 16.2 grams, and its color was slightly yellow, with slight cracks and spots. According to historical records, in the Tang Dynasty, the relics were "one inch and two minutes long, folded up and down, high and low, flat on three sides, slightly higher on one side, hidden marks in it, white as rain and slightly green, fine and dense, the pith acupoint is large, and the top and bottom are connected." The record is consistent with the real thing, but the color has become yellowish due to thousands of years of immersion in the liquid. There is a picture connection at the end. According to the Buddhist scriptures, relics are cultivated through the merits of the "six paramitas" (bodhisattvas' practice) and "precepts and wisdom", and are rare and respected. Modern Yinguang Master also said that the relics are made by practitioners due to the Taoist power of precept and wisdom, and they are the appearance of the union of the mind and the Buddha, and have nothing to do with the essence and spirit mentioned by the Dan family. Buddhism emphasizes that relics are related to the practitioner's merits, and at the same time, according to Buddhist teachings, it also affirms the "impermanent" materiality of relics. Master Yin Shun believes that the relics are nothing more than the cremation and condensation of the essence of flesh and blood, and are material elements with no supernatural components. The Buddha's disciples respect the relics because of the merits of compassion, wisdom and merit of the great monks. The "relics" are the crystallization of the achievements of one's precepts and wisdom. It is also a testimony of the achievements that the practitioner has achieved, and can strengthen the disciple's practice. Therefore, when a Buddhist sees a relic, it is like seeing a Buddha and a Bodhisattva, worshipping with reason, and making sincere offerings. However, before Nirvana, the Buddha told his disciples not to pay attention to his relics, but to pay attention to the "Dharma Body Relics", that is, the classics that integrate his words, deeds, deeds, and teachings. In the Vedic era of ancient India, there were two burial methods: burial and cremation, burial and retaining the whole body is the whole body relic, and cremation is the broken body relic. The relics of the whole body and the relics of the broken body, the bodhisattva's womb sutra and so on are also mentioned. The Lotus Sutra mentions that there are pagodas made with the relics of the whole body of the Buddha as offerings; The Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan, Guangdong, is dedicated to the whole body relics of the six ancestors Huineng. For the broken body relics obtained from cremation, the "Fayuan Zhulin" believes that the bone relics are white, the hair relics are black, and the meat relics are red. The Essentials of the Buddha mentions that the Buddha relics have five colors and cannot be damaged. The "Bathing Buddha Merit Sutra" mentions that there are two kinds of Buddha relics: body and bone relics and Dharma Song relics. After the Buddha attained Nirvana, he not only left relics on the body and bones, but also left the Dharma, and spread to the world with the Buddhist scriptures as the carrier. Dharma relics are the manifestation of the Dharma body, the Dharma is like a diamond, strong and indestructible, and the Dharma body is indestructible and immortal. The Vajra of Buddhism is not bad and extends to the body relics, so it is believed that the body and bone relics of the Buddha are also unbreakable. "Dharma Garden Zhulin" said: "If the Buddha relics, the vertebrae will not be broken; If the disciple relics the relics, the vertebral blow will be broken." The fact that the vertebrae here are not broken comes from the idea that the Dharmakaya Vajra is not bad, and in fact, the Buddha's color body also manifests impermanence and corruption as usual. The body and bone relics of the Buddha and the relics of the Dharma body are often treated equally, and the bones of the Buddha are regarded as the body of the Buddha or the representative of the Dharma. For example, the "Great Nirvana Sutra" says: "If you see the relics of the Buddha, you are seeing the Buddha", and it is also said: "Offering relics is the Buddha's treasure, and seeing the Buddha is seeing the Dharmakaya".