What are the stresses and taboos of burning incense and worshipping Buddha?
Almost everyone, if traveling to a place, must go to the most popular temple in this place. Therefore, today, Bian Xiao will introduce the exquisite and taboo of burning incense and worshipping Buddha. This is very important. Attention, everyone.
First, the door etiquette
There are many doors in the temple building, so you should pay attention to which door to enter. It is said that only temples with lights are qualified to build thirteen gates. The three doors in the middle are for people to enter and leave. Ordinary tourists can only enter through the right door, and the middle door is called an empty door, and only monks can enter and leave.
When entering the door, the male guest takes his left foot first, and the female guest takes his right foot first. The bigger the step, the better. At the same time, entering the temple should follow the principle that the left door enters and the right door exits. Note: you must not step on the threshold (it is said that the threshold represents the Buddha's shoulder, and of course you must not step on it).
And the salute to 1 and the sixth step means wholeheartedly and smoothly.
Second, burn incense and worship Buddha.
Wash your hands before worshipping Buddha. Incense should be called "please" instead of "buy". Ordinary people should hold incense in their left hand (it is said that their right hand is unclean, and most people use their right hand to kill people), and pray for themselves three times, six times for two generations and nine times for three generations.
Thirteen is an extreme, and thirteen wick incense is a high fragrance of complete merit. Burn incense before kowtowing. If you burn incense, hold the incense in your left hand and the candle in your right. When burning incense, light the incense with your own fire first. The more prosperous the better, people often say that incense is strong.
Left hand on the top, right hand holding incense on the bottom, bow your head. After bowing, put the incense in the incense ashes and you can kowtow at the door. If you kowtow, you should find Buddha, Bodhisattva or Lohan. For example, you can't kowtow to Tibetan Bodhisattva.
It is advisable to burn three sticks of incense, which means "abstinence, determination and wisdom" without omission; It also means to support Buddhism, Buddhism and monks to live in the three treasures. This is the most complete and civilized incense offering. There is not much fragrance, but the heart is in my heart. As the saying goes, "burn three civilized incense and respect a sincere heart." When incense enters the incense burner, it should be at a horizontal angle, indicating safety.
The posture of lowering the head is like this. Kneel on the futon and put your hands together. Note that these palms are hollow, hold them above your head, pause to your mouth, make a wish, then go down to your heart, meditate, then spread them out, palms up, upper body prone.
There is also a ceremony called "opening the light" to pray, of course, it is best to be presided over by Taoist priests. Things that are usually opened at home must be burned with clean hands on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, otherwise it is disrespectful. But if it is special light, it is different, and the object that opens the light can be carried with you. Lighting items can only be ivory, gold or jade.
Wrap the items to be lit with red paper or red kits and paper with the name of the blessed person and the Chinese character Geng written on it (it is not necessary to write the Chinese character Geng), hand in a blessing (preferably related to the number 369) and ask the master to help light it. Speak respectfully, or you will offend your master and not give you a light.
The process of opening the light is to put all the opened objects on a tray in front of the Buddha, and the master recites a few verses as if the Buddha's light shines. Your object is endowed with aura and mana, and you can take it with you to bless you.
Professional incense burning (application)
1. Light incense with your own fire; 2. Hold the incense stick with the middle finger and forefinger of both hands, and press the thumb against the incense tail; 3. Put it on your chest with the elephant head bottle facing the Buddha icon; 4. Improve Mei Qi again; 5. After that, put it down as the third action; 6. Start splitting with your left hand.
The first method of inserting incense
The first incense was inserted in the middle, and when it was inserted, it silently said, "Support the three generations of three treasures of ten parties." The second incense was inserted on the right, and when it was inserted, it silently said, "Support parents and teachers." (Note: The method of burning incense in this article was written by a layman, so it is different from the observation and meditation of monks. But if monks are individuals who worship incense and worship Buddha, they can use this method together. )
The third incense was inserted on the left, and when it was inserted, it was silently said: "I support all sentient beings in the ten dharma circles, and I am unjust in debt."
The second method of inserting incense
The first right, read: "swear to break all evil." On the second left, it says, "Swear to do all good things." Later I read: "swear to all beings."
The third method of inserting incense
This is the simplest method, the same as the first method, but it is easier to read. The first incense was inserted in the middle, which read: "To support the Buddha, I feel but not fascinated; The second incense is inserted on the right, which reads: "The law of supporting others is right, not evil; The third incense was inserted on the left, which read: "Feed the monks, clean and untouched." Summary is simple.
Shangxianghou
Respond to the Buddha statue, stand up and put your hands together and worship the Buddha (put your hands together and say to yourself: "May this fragrant cloud go straight to the Three Treasures (or read:" Go straight to the Buddha's place "), begging for mercy and compassion, and benefiting all sentient beings." )。
Shanghuan lane
If it is a circle of incense, you should show it to the Buddha where it is lit, and your hands are like holding a long incense. When holding incense, he only said, "Support the three generations of three treasures of ten parties." May this fragrant cloud reach the three treasures, implore great compassion and give joy to all beings. "Yes.
Shangtan lane
If you put sandalwood (that is, the twig split by sandalwood), you should hold both ends of the incense with your thumb and forefinger, with your middle finger, ring finger and pinkie open and straight, hold Qi Mei high, and put it in the incense burner before and after;
The first sandalwood is picked up with the left hand and sent in with the right hand; Pick up the second branch with your right hand and send it in with your left hand; The third one is the same as the first one. The method of meditation should be the same as when burning incense. Burning incense is for support, and burning sandalwood is the best!
Do you already know what we should pay attention to when burning incense and worshiping Buddha? Buddhism is pure, and it is a place that is not polluted by the secular. We just want to find a rare quiet place here. So when we come to Buddhism to burn incense and worship Buddha, we must pay attention to these details.