What does God need to prepare?

What do you need to prepare to reward the gods? When you make a wish before God, you must reward God when it comes true. Burning incense to restore the spirit is an ancient custom. So, let's learn what God needs to prepare.

What does God need to prepare? 1 How to repay God and fulfill his promise?

First of all, I want to swear. After making a wish before God, ordinary believers need to thank God before the gods when their wishes come true. The thanks mentioned here are nothing more than worshipping a god, offering some fruits and adding some sesame oil money. As for how much they pay, it depends on their hearts. This is a religious culture.

Second, where a wish is made, it is necessary to go back and realize it. This is a rule that must be strictly observed. After making a wish, you must realize it. If the wish comes true after the deadline, it is recommended to choose a date to realize it. Because I promised when I made a wish, this is a question of integrity.

Three, there is no time to fulfill the promise, in principle, within one year after the wish is realized. If you don't realize your wish within the time limit, you don't need to make a wish.

According to Buddhist tradition, there are no good days or bad days. Relatively speaking, there is only one thing to remember about the date of the oath, that is, you must fulfill your oath within the time limit and try not to delay it deliberately.

How to realize your wish after making a wish;

Method one

(1) If you want to go to the temple, you can prepare 3-5 seasonal offerings, such as fruits and biscuits, but they must be singular (because the singular is a positive number); In addition, you can also prepare incense, gold paper and other fruits suitable for worship: apples, peaches, plums, dates, grapefruit, grapefruit, oranges and so on. Fruits that cannot be worshipped: tomatoes, guava, Sakyamuni, durian, etc.

② When kowtowing to Buddha, hold incense in your left hand and keep your hands clean. When burning incense, the incense should be ignited at one time, and the more prosperous the better; When placing incense, hold the incense at the bottom with your right hand and bow your head over your head. After bowing, you can put the incense in your hand in the incense burner. In addition, don't cross the futon when burning incense to worship Buddha, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespect.

Method 2

(1) Lighting before the Buddha: You can light a pair, or you can light 369, or a multiple of nine, symbolizing good fortune and bright eyes.

2 respect incense: respect Buddha and bodhisattva, and respect the three treasures; Sending information to the void dharma circle and understanding the blessing of the Ten Treasures aims to establish contact with Buddha and Bodhisattva.

Three major Buddhist rituals: to worship the three treasures of Buddhism and Buddhism. After acquiescence, bid farewell to Buddha and Bodhisattva.

The principle of paying God to burn incense.

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 and throw a screen at the Buddha icon;

4. Improve Mei Qi again;

5. After that, put it down as the third action;

6. Start inserting with your left hand;

The first candle in the center.

The second incense stick is on the right.

The third incense stick is on the left.

After burning incense, you should stand upright and cross your hands in response to the Buddha statue and pay tribute to the Buddha.

If it is a circle of incense, you should point to the Buddha statue where it is lit, and your hands are like holding a long incense.

If you put sandalwood (that is, twigs split from sandalwood), you should hold both ends of incense with your thumb and forefinger, with the middle finger, ring finger and little finger open and straight, hold Qi Mei high and put it in the incense burner before and after; The first sandalwood was picked up with his left hand and sent in with his 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.

What do you need to prepare for God? 2. Purify your body and mind.

Entering the temple with unclean body and mind will offend the gods. Ways to clean your body and mind:

First of all, you should stop eating vegetarian food to calm your mind. At least the day before you worship God, you should eat vegetarian food all day, and you should also eat vegetarian food for breakfast that day. Vegetarianism means not eating meat and drinking alcohol. Meat dishes refer to five kinds of meat dishes, namely, onion, garlic, leek, coriander (coriander) and Allium macrostemon (buckwheat head). Meat refers to the flesh and blood of all animals. Eating meat and drinking alcohol will make the five internal organs dirty, confused and mentally turbid, which is not conducive to communication with the gods. Before you worship God, you should avoid eating dog meat, beef, turtle meat and snake meat. If you eat the above four kinds of meat, don't come to the Taoist temple for seven days, or evil will come and follow you soon.

There are other sayings in lent that vegetarianism can be rewarded on certain days. For example, "Sanyuanzhai", Sanyuandi is a vegetarian on Christmas Day. Zhai, the core monument of life, was a vegetarian on his birthday and thanked his parents for giving birth to him. Santa Claus day and so on.

Secondly, you should take a bath to clean your body. You should take a bath and wash your dirt before worshiping God. Both men and women are not allowed to have sex the night before worship. Believers are not allowed to enter the temple to worship God or burn incense during menstruation, but only to worship outside the temple.

Finally, it is dignified to change clothes, and clean clothes should be changed before worshipping God. Clothing should be dignified, neat and simple, and avoid nudity, filth and coquettish. Shoes should be made of cloth and flat bottom. Try not to wear high heels. Men and women are not allowed to wear slippers, shorts, short skirts and vests to enter the temple. It is best to wear long sleeves, trousers and cloth shoes to worship God. Believers who often come to Taoist temples can prepare a set of clothes specially for worshipping God.

② Prepare offerings.

Sacrifice to God requires offerings. There are five kinds of offerings commonly used in Taoist temples: incense, flowers, lamps, water and fruits. Believers who come to the Taoist temple to worship God can increase or decrease according to different situations. Without it, you can only prepare incense, lamps and fruits, or even burn a wick (incense is an invisible sincerity, and you don't need to prepare any tangible sacrifices).

Incense is a medium to convey sincerity to the gods. According to the Taoist scriptures, "Taoism is transmitted from the heart, while fake incense is transmitted from the heart" and "incense reaches faith", which means that believers can convey their wishes to the gods by burning incense.

Flowers are flowers. Flowers bloom and fall with the seasons, giving natural fragrance and supporting gods, which accords with the meaning of Taoism and nature. The flowers dedicated to God are exquisite. The most common flowers are orchids, chrysanthemums, lotus flowers, plum blossoms and rich bamboo, followed by daffodils and carnations. Smelly, prickly and delicate flowers should not be offered to God. In addition, Taoism prohibits the use of Chinese rose flowers to sacrifice to the gods, as mentioned in Dafan Douyi.

A lamp refers to an oil lamp or a candle. Lights can shine, representing light, and have the effect of breaking the darkness. Offering lamps or candles to the gods can not only make the gods bless the bright future of the living, but also bless the dead to get rid of the darkness of hell and ascend to a bright heaven. Believers usually use a pair of red baked candles to worship the lamp, or they can use lamp oil instead, and it is best to light a bright lamp. For fire prevention reasons, many temples prohibit burning candles. And the ever-burning lamp of modernization.

Water refers to clear water or tea. Water has the function of nourishing everything, removing pollution and quenching thirst. Sacrifice water to the gods, and the gods will bless strangers to eliminate their troubles, cool their bodies and minds, and not invade all diseases; Protect the dead from the fire of hell, drink manna often and never be hungry. Sacrifice clean water and use pure water or boiled water (the water that has been drunk is not available). When serving tea, you should first boil it with clear water and then brew it with new tea. There is water or tea in the Taoist temple every day.

Fruit refers to fresh fruit in season, preferably ripe fruit in season. The first-class fruits are apples (homophonic and safe) and oranges (homophonic and auspicious, including oranges, grapefruit, citrus and kumquat). ), pineapple (also known as Wang Li, representing prosperity), pitaya (representing prosperity), longan (homophonic with wealth) and other fruits, including watermelon. Taoism has been passed down from generation to generation, and pomegranate, papaya, plum, sugar cane and pear are not allowed to worship the gods. The poem "Fan Dou Yi" says: "All fruits are dried and fresh, and pomegranates are mysterious. Plums should not be given too much, and black dates should also be banned. "

There are three grades and five grades of fruit offerings. Three grades are three-color fruits, five grades are five-color fruits, and only one can be used for large fruits such as watermelons. The fruit dedicated to God should be washed with clean water, otherwise, it is a great sin to offend God.

What do you need to prepare to repay God? 3 Prepare 3-5 kinds of seasonal fruits, biscuits and other offerings before going to the temple to make a wish, but they must be singular (because the singular is a positive number); In addition, there are incense and gold paper. You can also prepare and look at the regulations of each temple. Fruits suitable for worship: apples, peaches, plums, dates, grapefruit, grapefruit, oranges, etc.

Hope to pay attention to:

1, well dressed

When you go to the temple, you must wear dignified and simple clothes, try to choose plain clothes, and don't wear too revealing or fancy clothes. Of course, it is not appropriate to wear slippers and hats to enter the temple.

Step 2 watch your words and deeds

Each temple worships different gods, but they all want to purify people's hearts. It is good to make a wish in a temple, but it is not advisable to speak loudly and swear, and you must speak softly.

Step 3 pay attention to the position

After making a wish, you must realize it. But we must pay attention: it is a rule to go back to the place where you made your wish. Although all bodhisattvas are bodhisattvas, it is the Buddha's dharma spirit that runs errands after we make a wish.

Step 4 watch the time

Whether you want it or not, it is very important to choose a date. Relatively speaking, there is only one thing to remember about the date of the oath, that is, you must fulfill your oath within the time limit and try not to delay it deliberately. If the wish comes true after the deadline, it is suggested to choose a good day to realize it.

5. Pay attention to burning incense

When you want to worship Buddha, you should hold incense in your left hand and your hands must be clean. When burning incense, the incense should be ignited at one time, and the more prosperous the better; When placing incense, hold the incense at the bottom with your right hand and bow your head over your head. After bowing, you can put the incense in your hand in the incense burner. In addition, don't cross the futon when burning incense to worship Buddha, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespect.