Can you pray when you can't pray?

Can you pray for blessings when you can't pray? In fact, we have certain opinions and stresses in many aspects of our daily life, which are also passed down according to years of history. Every place has a different culture. Let's take a look at whether we can pray for blessings on days when we can't pray.

Can you pray when you can't pray? 1 First of all, what is the focus of prayer?

1. Choose the entrance to burn incense and pray. There are many doors in temple buildings, so 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.

2. When entering the door, the female guest takes the right foot first, and the male guest takes the left foot first. Be careful not to step on the threshold, the bigger the step, the better.

3. The quantity of burning incense is also very particular. Three wicks pray for themselves, six wicks pray for two generations and nine wicks pray for three generations. Thirteen is an extreme, and thirteen wick incense is a high fragrance of complete merit.

4. kowtow after burning incense. If you burn incense, you should hold incense in your left hand and candle in your right hand, because most people kill chickens with their right hands and cut fish with their right hands. If you are left-handed, the situation is just the opposite.

5, when burning incense, first point the incense, the more the better, people often say that the incense is strong. Left hand on the top, right hand holding incense on the bottom, bow your head.

6. After bowing, put the incense in the incense ashes and you can kowtow in the door. If you kowtow, you should find Buddha, Bodhisattva or Lohan. For example, you can't kowtow to Tibetan Bodhisattva.

7. the posture of bowing your head is like this. Kneel on the futon and put your hands together. Note that the palm of your hand is hollow, hold it high above your head, pause to your mouth, make a wish, then go down to your heart, meditate, then spread out your hands, palm up, upper body prone.

Second, avoid praying, but what if you pray?

Avoiding prayer is just a simple statement. Whether you pray on the day of avoiding blessing will not affect the content of your blessing. If you want to achieve what you want, you must work hard by yourself. Prayer is not enough. Even praying for a good day is just a kind of psychological comfort to yourself. Therefore, it doesn't matter much to pray on the blessing day, so you don't need to care too much about this day. The method of choosing the date of prayer in the old almanac is taboo.

Can you pray when you can't? There are seven rules to remember when you go to a temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, which most people don't understand.

Going to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha is a traditional way of praying in China to express one's vision and sustenance. There is no prohibition on burning incense and worshipping Buddha in temples, but these rules and etiquette have been passed down for generations and have been firmly remembered in many people's hearts.

However, for some people, they have only a little knowledge of these rules, while others don't understand them at all, so here I will tell you what etiquette and rules to follow when burning incense and worshiping Buddha.

Dress

The first is dressing up. Temples should be awe-inspiring places, not parks downstairs when walking. Therefore, since you plan to burn incense and worship Buddha in the temple, you should first pay attention to your clothes. Shorts and slippers are not allowed. Not only churches in many places at home and abroad are not allowed to enter. Burn incense and worship Buddha, dress appropriately and simply, and don't dress too brightly.

Entry matters

The public gate of the temple building has two side doors. Only Buddhist disciples can take the empty door in the middle, while we tourists usually take the side door. No matter what the gate and side door are, there will be thresholds. Please note that you can't step on the threshold directly, you have to cross the threshold to enter. How to cross this threshold is also very particular. The male guest takes the left foot first, and the female guest takes the right foot first.

Please make a gesture.

After entering the temple, don't laugh and play, but be in awe. Please hold incense in your left hand and light incense in your right hand. After the incense is lit, put your left hand on it and your right hand on it, and then hold the incense high above your head for worship. One thing must be noted, please insert incense into the altar after incense, and you can't pull it out under any circumstances, otherwise it is a sign of disrespect for the gods.

Don't make noise.

The temple is a clean place. Pilgrims are not allowed to talk loudly, laugh or jump, and be careful not to yawn, fart and other indecent behaviors. When others worship Buddha, we should bypass others' backs and don't pass directly in front of them.

Incense burning quantity

Burning incense is not more sincere, and the quantity of incense is also very particular. Generally speaking, it is three, six and nine. If you only pray for yourself, three is enough; If you pray for two generations, it is six generations, then nine generations is to pray for three generations.

Jieyuan gift

In some large-scale festivals, temples also hold some activities, and generally give some friendly gifts for free. Just take one or a few for your family, not more. This kind of petty gain can't be greedy. Even if it is a free gift, you should put some money in the merit box before leaving the temple to show your mind.

No Photographing

Last but not least, you can't take pictures in temples, especially in front of Buddha statues. Taking pictures at will is also disrespectful to the Buddha statues in the temple and must be observed.

Can you pray when you can't? 3 the temple is very particular about praying and burning incense. Three, six and nine have different meanings and can't be arbitrary.

China is a big Buddhist country. Buddhism has a long history in China, and there are famous temples in major cities in China. In recent years, with the vigorous development of tourism, the number of tourists in China is increasing every year. According to the data comparison in recent years, China has become the country with the largest number of tourists in the world. Now people are facing great work pressure, so many people will use their holidays to visit temples.

China is a country with a long history, vast territory and rich resources. In the long history of nearly 5,000 years, Buddhism has been introduced into China, which has become a religious belief of China people. Therefore, some temples have become the first choice for many tourists, and temples have gradually developed into the most popular tourist projects in recent years.

People who go to the temple to pay homage are devout, especially those who have difficulties in work, feelings or life, and will go to the temple to pray, hoping to realize their wishes. However, Buddhism has many rules to follow. Do you know that when you burn incense, you can't talk nonsense and worship casually?

Visiting the temple is nothing more than keeping your family safe and your love smooth, and it is inevitable to burn incense and pray for blessings. However, when many tourists burn incense, they don't know that the different amount of incense represents different meanings, which is probably the opposite of what they think. When burning incense, the amount of incense should also match our inner wishes in order to get everything we want.

As the saying goes, sincerity is the spirit. If there are three fragrances when burning incense, it represents the admiration for the three treasures of Buddhism and Taoism, and it is also a wish for the family. Generally speaking, Sanxiang is a blessing to family. If it is Liuxiang, it represents a blessing to the next two generations. If it is the post-Jiuxiang, it is a blessing to future generations within three generations. So burning incense is also very important. Pray in the temple and don't burn incense at will.

In addition to three, six and nine fragrances, there is also a grand way of 13 fragrance, which binds 13 fragrance together and adds fragrance. Only those who have made great contributions to Buddhism are qualified to burn incense in this way, so 13 incense is not for anyone.

Now people's thoughts are constantly changing, and many people don't understand this ancient form. They think that a sincere heart is enough, but many believers are silently observing it, because they have Buddha in their hearts and respect their beliefs.