People often refer to the relic as the diamond-like colored, shiny crystals found after the cremation of enlightened monks. Then What is residue?, But the hammer doesn’t break, the fire doesn’t burn? Why do only some people get it? Let us learn about the Buddhist objects in the article below.
I. What are residues?
Sari (Sanskrit, sarira) are round, hard beads of small size, similar to crystals or pearls. According to the records of Buddhist history, the relics first came to light when a total of 84,000 pieces were placed in 8 boxes and 4 matchboxes when the body of Buddha Shakyamuni was cremated. In fact, the remains have a wide variety of colors, ranging from gold, pink to silver, blue or even as shiny as granite.
Some scientific experts have speculated that the remains were made of gravel after cremation. It is absurd that many people also have stones in their bodies, but after cremation no remains are visible. In addition, people who have a lot of stones will also have partial health effects, and hard foreign objects will be easily visible when taking X-rays.
Apart from this, some people also believe that these residues appeared due to fasting for a long time. Although, according to statistics, there are hundreds of thousands of vegetarians in the world, a very small number of people have vestiges. Furthermore, some high monks still eat meat in order to survive in harsh environments such as Tibet. Nevertheless, the number of Tibetan monks who keep relics far outnumber those who are pure vegetarians.
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Second. cause of residuals
Pictures of relics, large and small, in different colors and sizes
1. Psychic Ability and Great Compassion
Thousands of years ago when science had not yet developed, the principle of relying on the spirit to transform into matter, power and compassion to create relic was accepted and believed by most sentient beings. However, in the present context, this hypothesis is still controversial. In fact, it is not that the higher the number of hermits and monks, the more relics they have, but quite the opposite.
2. Vegetarian Habits
Monks and monks often use a vegetarian diet that contains a lot of fiber and minerals to ease the digestive process and absorb more phosphate and carbonate salts, so they build up residue. However, this theory is not entirely credible as there are many vegetarian people but when they are cremated, no remains remain.
3. Some diseases
In addition to the above reasons, some scientists have suggested that the remains appear due to pathology, symptoms of gallstones, kidney stones, etc. However, similar to the vegetarian hypothesis, the above distortion is not necessarily of the high monks and nuns who appear to them. In addition, people with the above pathology are not sure that they all have remains after cremation.
Third. the truth about relics
Unravel the mystery of the process of relic formation
According to three physicists Feki, Holden, Clement (Monash University, Victoria, Australia) the crystallization of the bones during the cremation of the remains results in different temperatures of each, their shape and colour. In the June 1995 issue of International Forensic Science, they monitored with an electron microscope the entire process of crystallization of human femur bones from 1 to 97 years at temperatures of 200–1600 °C for a fixed period of time. 12, 18, 24 hours.
The result of this experiment was the appearance of crystals of various shapes ranging from spherical, hexagonal to small and irregular particles at a temperature of 600 °C. After that, the particles were combined. As the temperature rises to the limit of 1600 °C, these blocks gradually decompose. In essence, the essence of the remains is due to the crystallization of minerals contained in the individual’s bones at various cremation temperatures.
Thus, combining all three of the above hypotheses with bone crystallization under suitable cremation conditions is the most convincing answer regarding the formation of the remains.
IV. energy from waste
According to American medical doctor, Ms. Nisha J.Manek shared her feelings about the energy of relics when she had the opportunity to visit Gyuto Temple (Minneapolis, USA): “Although I did not believe in Buddhism, But when I entered the temple, I felt a deep awareness as if the Buddha was there. It is difficult to describe in words the state of that moment, I only know that the state was vast, profound and wonderfully peaceful. At that moment, my mind was calm because time seemed to have ceased to exist, it was infinitely calm. I see the subtle energy clearly radiating from these objects towards my heart and Never experienced this before.”
Therefore, Buddhist objects Shared all the information about the relics, hope through the above article you will know more about this “Crystal Block”. Also, hope you know where the process of residue formation comes from as well as understand its nature.
Wish you Amitabh Buddha.
