舍利种类之繁多
[288] [The] Many And Varied Kinds Of Śarīras
言「舍利」者，系梵语，此云身骨，亦云灵骨。
Speaking [of] those ‘śarīras’, [as] connected [to the] Sanskrit language, these [are] called physical bone [relics], also called holy bone [relics].
乃修行人戒定慧力所成，非炼精气神所成。
[They are] thus [by] practitioners’ precepts, concentration [and] wisdom’s powers those formed, not [by] refining [of] essence, vitality [i.e. qì] [and] spirit those formed.
此殆心与道合，心与佛合者之表相耳。
These [are] only externally expressed forms of [the] mind with [the] path uniting, [or the] mind with [the] Buddha uniting.
非特死而烧之，其身肉骨发变为舍利。
Not only [from] those [who have] died and [those who were] cremated, [there are] those [whose] bodies’ flesh, bones [and] hair change [to] become śarīras.
古有高僧沐浴而得舍利者。
[The] ancients had those high monastics taking baths, then obtaining śarīras.
又雪岩钦禅师剃头，其发变成一串舍利。
[There] also [was] Xuěyán’s Chán Master [Zǔ]qīn [祖钦] shaving [his] head, whose hair changed [to] become one string [of] śarīras.
又有志心念佛，口中得舍利者。
[There] also are those wholeheartedly reciting [the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], [from their] mouths within obtaining śarīras.
又有人刻《龙舒净土文》板，板中出舍利者。
[There] also were those persons carving ‘Lóngshū’s Pure Land Text’s [printing] boards, [from these] boards within producing śarīras.
又有绣佛、绣经，针下得舍利者。
[There] also were those embroidering Buddhas, [and] embroidering sūtras, [from] under [their] needles obtaining śarīras.
又有死后烧之，舍利无数，门人皆得，有一远游未归，及归致祭感像前，慨悲痛，遂于像前得舍利者。
[There] also was that after death cremated, [having] śarīras innumerable, [with] disciples all obtaining [them. There] was one far-travelling, yet [to] return. When returning [with] devoted worship before [the] image, sighing sorrowfully, thereupon before [the] image, obtaining śarīras.
长庆闲禅师焚化之日，天大起风，烟飞三四十里，烟所到处，皆有舍利，遂群收之，得四石余。
[On the] day of Chángqìng’s Chán Master Xián’s cremation, [the] sky arose [with] strong wind, [with the] smoke flying thirty [to] forty lǐs [away]. Those places [the] smoke reached, all had śarīras. Thereupon, [with] crowds collecting them, obtaining more than four shís.
[Note: As 1 lǐ (里) is 500 metres, 30 to 40 lǐs is 15 to 20 kilometres. As 1 shí (石) is 10 dòus (斗), which is 150 kilograms, four shís is 600 kilograms.]
当知舍利，乃道力所成。丹家不知所以，妄亿是精气神之所炼耳。
[It] should [be] known [that] śarīras, [are] thus [by the] path’s power those formed. Those refining pills [who do] not know why [they arise], falsely guess [that they] are [with] essence, vitality [and] spirit those refined only.
编者敬按：印大师荼毗之翌晚，捡得五色舍利珠百余颗，精圆莹彻，弈弈有光。
Editor’s respectful note: [On the] next night of Great Master Yìn[guāng’s] [印光大师] cremation, [upon] examination obtained [were] more than [a] hundred pieces [of] five-coloured śarīra gems, [which were] refined [and] round, bright [and] clear, glittering with light.
又有大小舍利花，及血舍利、牙齿舍利（三十二颗）等，共千余粒。
[There] also were big [and] small śarīra flowers, and blood śarīras, teeth śarīras (thirty-two pieces) [and] others, together [with] more than [a] thousand pieces.
在山缁素，莫不惊为希有。
On [the] mountain, monastics [and] laypersons [were with] none not surprised because of [their] rarity.
又无锡袁德常居士，检得灵骨（骨屑）携归，抵家启视，忽见骨中现有无数舍利，光耀夺目。附此以志景仰。
[There] also [was] Wúxī’s layperson Yuán Décháng, [who upon] examination obtained holy bone [relics] (bone fragments), carrying [and] returning [with them]. Arriving home [and] opening [to] see [them, he] suddenly saw [the] bones within appearing [to] have innumerable śarīras, brilliant [and] dazzling. [Hereby] attaching this, so as to record [for] reverence.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（正编）：复郦隐叟书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Lì Yǐnsǒu;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百八十八则）：八、释普通疑惑：论舍利（第三十七则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (288th Short Section): 8th [Chapter]: Explanations [On] Common Doubts [And] Confusions: Discussions [On] Śarīras (37th Short Section)
[Ref: #288 / 8.37]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note by Shen Shi’an
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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