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Lao Dao snatched the Soul Bead, just glanced at it, and immediately felt like he had fallen into an evil spirit, and his two eyes immediately lost focus.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a fugue, he must be using his spiritual power to investigate. I didn't know when Lao Dao would wake up, so I turned around and asked Sanchi, "This sarcophagus is pitch black, and the beads are embedded in the groove at the bottom, how did you see it just now?" ”

Sanji said: "Didn't I tell you before I came down, this sarcophagus is either a person with extreme yang, or there is something with extreme yang." ”

Then I suddenly realized: "I see, so to speak, the Soul Bead should be the Extreme Yang thing?" ”

Sanji shook his head and said: "No, the situation is a bit special, I don't understand it too much, the soul bead itself has no attributes, but at this time there is a breath in it that belongs to the extreme yang, but this breath is not like a living soul, if it is a yin soul, then it should not be an attribute of the extreme yang." ”

I basically didn't understand anything about what she said, so I had to ask again: "Can you tell me about the origin and function of this soul bead?" ”

Sanji thought for a while and said, "This thing is a bit special, Taoists call it the Soul Bead, and Buddhism calls it Little Sumeru." According to Buddhism, the center of the world in which we live is a large mountain called Mount Meru. Sumeru means "Myoko", "Myoko", "Zenji", etc., so Mt. Meru is sometimes translated as "Myokoyama", etc. According to Buddhist teachings, the universe has no beginning or end in time, neither beginning nor end, and is a continuous cyclical process.

In terms of space, it is vast and boundless. Buddhism's division of the world is diverse. According to Buddhism, there are countless Buddhas in the universe, and each Buddha has such a land of three thousand worlds, then the universe is really vast and boundless. And these immeasurable and boundless three thousand worlds are in the process of moving in the four great eons of becoming, going, bad, and empty, without beginning or end......"

I hurriedly waved my hand to stop her tirade: "Stop! Don't say it, I know Mount Meru, don't you just want to say that there is a small world in this soul bead? ”

Sanji looked at me faintly and said, "Huh? I didn't see it, you have a pretty high level of understanding. ”

I'm really a little speechless, what kind of understanding is this, you just didn't say it clearly, if I don't understand it anymore, what's the difference between that and the mentally handicapped.

She said a bunch of irrelevant Buddhist interpretations, it seems that she hasn't talked about the things of her previous life for a long time, and once she starts talking, she can't stop it.

I had no choice but to ask again: "You don't seem to have said anything except that it is called Xiao Sumeru in Buddhism, what about its origin and function?" ”

Hearing my question, Sanji gave me a blank look and said, "I was about to say it, but you interrupted me, the young man is just impatient." Where did I just say? …… Oh, I remember, there are countless Buddhas in this universe, and each Buddha has a land of three thousand worlds, and this land is Little Sumeru. ”

"In this way, this soul bead is the world of the Buddha?" I became a little interested in what she was saying.

Sanji said flatly: "What's so strange about this, to become a Buddha is to be free from the troubles of birth and death forever and to achieve supreme enlightenment. There are many ways to become a Buddha, and different Buddhist sects have different ways to become a Buddha......"

I was completely speechless, seeing her gushing and enthusiastic appearance, but it was difficult to interrupt directly, so I had to listen patiently.

After another tirade, Sanji slowly said the topic this time: "The relics left by some seated monks will burn out a kind of crystalline body after cremation, and this kind of crystallization similar to jewelry, there are large and small shapes, and the colors are even more varied, and they are collectively called relics by the world." ”

"Relic?!" The answer was somewhat unexpected, and I then asked, "Aren't relics stones?" How did it become the world of Sumeru? ”

Sanji's eyes froze, and then he told me about the origin of this secret treasure of Buddhism.

The relics are called Bundu in Hindu, also called Shililuo, and translated into Chinese as Lingbone, Body Bone, and Body. It is a crystalline body left behind by a person's death and cremation. However, the relics are completely different from the bones of ordinary dead people, and their shapes are ever-changing, ranging from round to oval, to lotus-shaped, and to Buddha-like or bodhisattva-shaped.

It comes in white, black, green, red, and a variety of colors. Some of the relics are like pearls, some are like agate, some are crystal, some are transparent, and some are bright, like diamonds.

The white relics are skeletal, the black relics belong to the hair, the red relics are muscle, and there are also green or five-colored relics.

The scriptures say that relics are obtained by a person through the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, as well as his own great wishes, and they are very rare and precious.

Like the Buddha Nirvana, the relics burned out have as many as one stone and six buckets, at that time there were eight kings competing for the Buddha's relics, each got a share of the relics, they brought the Buddha's relics back to their own country, and built pagodas, so that the people can admire, worship.

In addition, eminent monks and lay believers who have attained spiritual attainment can also receive relics after their deaths. For example, China's six ancestors Huineng, modern Hongyi, Yu, Taixu, Zhang Jia and other masters, they all left a considerable number of relics.

The various phenomena of relics indicate that they cannot be stones, and the main components of stones are calcium or metal salt deposits, which are similar in shape to scale, and are also very fragile, and these things will turn into powdery oxides at high temperatures. The number of stone patients is in the tens of millions, but only practitioners have relics.

The tongue of the great master, the heart and other boneless soft tissues can also form relics, and even the tongue of the Buddha parrot can also become relics. Moreover, there are very few stones in the human body, otherwise it would be life-threatening, but sometimes the number of relics is extremely staggering, and the colors and forms are different. Some relics are so hard that they sink when struck with an iron hammer without any damage. It is not a perennial fasting monk who has only been a monk, but a lay monk who has only taken refuge for a year and died, and relics have also appeared on the bones after incineration.

Of course, there are some so-called relics, which are indeed bones and teeth that have not been completely burned, but it is impossible for stones to become relics after being incinerated. Some people interpret relics as stones in the name of science, but this in itself has no scientific basis.

She popularized some Buddhist knowledge by her, but she ...... She still didn't say the answer I wanted to know, so I had to ask her again: "I haven't heard of the Sumeru world in this relic, and why do Taoists call him the Soul Bead?" ”

Sanji realized that he was off topic, and quickly turned back to the topic and said: "What I just said are ordinary relics, but there are still some special relics that are unusual. And the reason why this world is called Little Sumeru is because it can't hold physical objects, it can only accept souls, and no matter how many yin souls and living souls enter it, they will be sealed without damage, no matter how long it takes to unseal it, the souls inside will not dissipate, and there will be no change......"

Only then did I understand why Taoism called this kind of relics the Soul Beads, and I asked Sanji: "Can Taoism also cultivate relics?" ”

Sanji shook his head and said: "Because of the different cultivation methods, Taoist priests basically can't cultivate relics, although there are also legends that there are relics after the death of Zhang Boduan, the real person of Taoism Ziyang, but this is just a legend." However, the soul beads mentioned in Taoism are not Buddhist relics, but another kind of Taoist secret treasure...... Elixir. ”

Again, I was surprised: "Jindan? Isn't this thing an elixir refined by a Taoist priest? Why did you become a soul bead again? Is there anything else to say about this? ”

Sanji said, "It's not the golden pill you said, it's the golden pill cultivated in the cultivator's body. ”

I suddenly felt a little unable to keep up with her rhythm, the golden pill in the Taoist priest's body? I've never heard of anyone seeing this thing, it seems to be just a name for a certain cultivation stage, right? Could it really be possible to cultivate the Golden Pill?

I looked at Lao Dao who was standing on the side with some suspicion, the gray bead in his hand looked like an ordinary pebble, which was too far from the word Jindan.