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    10/18/2009

    佛牙舍利

                                                 
         昨天和妈妈一块儿去八大处,赶上了灵光寺佛牙舍利开塔,有幸得以一睹佛教圣物。不过看完觉得十分困惑,佛牙好大,这个真的是牙齿么?佛牙舍利只有两个么?
         搜索一下,也给自己长长见识吧。
         佛牙为何物?有多罕见?——佛陀把火葬列为诸种葬法之首,其俗延续至今。佛陀荼毗后,收拾出何种舍利,从流传至今尚可瞻仰的舍利及佛教典籍中的记载可知,佛陀荼毗后所得的舍利,大致可分为两种:一种是未烧尽的遗骨残片,如四颗牙齿(现人间仅存二颗,一颗是斯里兰卡康堤佛牙寺内供奉的[锡兰佛牙];另一颗是中国北京西山灵光寺佛牙塔内供奉的[法献佛牙])一截手指骨、两根锁骨、部分头顶骨及几根头发等。佛陀身体的遗骨残片大约不止这些,但未能一一详记。另外一种是《释氏要览》中记述的如五色珠般光莹紧固的舍利子和白色珠状舍利子。后者存世较多,分布亦广。
         佛牙为何如此大?——大体而言,是说佛祖宝相庄严,有“三十二相,八十种好”。在“三十二相,八十种好”中,有关于“佛牙”应有以下“三相”和“二好”。而佛经上又说释迦牟尼佛是丈六之身,也就是说佛陀身高是现代人身高的4.5倍。释迦牟尼的“牙齿”比正常人多了八颗,上下颌各是二十颗。其牙相的特征应该是方形柱状端面平整,比例是1∶0.014。由此我们大此可以计算出佛牙的长度应该在6—8公分之间。此外,唐玄奘《大唐西域记·迦湿弥罗国》记载玄奘法师在西天印度曾朝拜过佛牙,其佛牙长三寸、油浸鲜亮、熠熠生辉。似乎根据各种佛经记载,佛牙都应该是异于常人的。
         可能,怀着一颗高山仰止,无比虔诚的心去相信,才是信仰之所在;而各种宗教圣物和灵器存在的真意之所在,则更接近于一种精神与肉欲的连通与牵连吧。 
        

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    MARY 上官wrote:
    呵呵,不知道真假,但是的确很大。
    呵呵,有些东西,真或者假都不重要了。。。
    Nov. 1
    晓霞wrote:
    真的假的?是传说吧!
    Oct. 20
    cyto Tengwrote:
    楼上的好搞笑。。。
    Oct. 18
    铁巍 王wrote:
    夏天的时候去山东汶上宝相寺看的,也说是释迦摩尼真身牙舍利,也好大。而且没有蛀牙。。
    Oct. 18

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