Rules and taboos of burning incense in temples

The rules and taboos of burning incense in the temple include opening the light, offering sacrifices, not burning incense in the main hall, and not burning incense in large quantities.

The opening of the light is to invite the gods, but through a specific ceremony, the gods are invited to enter the spiritual gods or religious works of art, and the person in charge is usually a Taoist. Opening the light is a Taoist ceremony. After the statue is formed, a special ceremony will be held on auspicious days. When you invite God to your home, you must not have a fever for three minutes. No matter where the immortals are, the tributes are mainly vegetarian. Tributes should be ripe and fresh, and spoiled fruits should not be used. Appropriate adjustments can be made during major festivals, and the incense must be burned on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Although there is still an incense burner in front of the Buddha statue in the main hall of the temple, all of us had better not burn incense in the temple, especially some people like to burn high and coarse incense, which is not allowed. There are always some stupid people who are superstitious about the so-called "high fragrance" and "head fragrance". When they go to the temple, they burn a lot of incense, as if they were making a deal with Buddha and Bodhisattva and engaging in bribery. It's simply ignorance.

Precautions for incense

Do not wear chemical incense or inferior incense. If you wear such incense, it will only bring you misfortune and ruin your good fortune. Generally speaking, it is correct to put natural incense, so it is suggested to set up a better natural incense sacrifice in official website, a copper furnace without phase. Pay attention to cleaning and hands before incense, so be sure to wash your hands before incense. When burning incense, light it yourself, and don't let others light it for you. Blessing is your own.

After the incense is lit, the fire does not go out, so it is forbidden to blow it out with your mouth, because it is disrespectful to blow it with your mouth. If you want the firemen to lift it, the fire can go out, or just shake it from side to side. Visualization ignites the fragrance of self-awareness and spreads the world. Worship Buddha is not about the amount of incense, but whether you are full of piety.