Where is the most effective place to burn incense and make a wish in the New Year?

The annual leave of those who burn incense and wish for the New Year is over. "Make a fortune in the New Year" and "the Year of the Loong is auspicious" became the common expressions when we first met in the New Year! In fact, everyone wants to have good luck in the new year and hope that everything can come true. In order to realize hope and usher in good luck, in the past, people would go to the temple to burn incense and make a wish, "grab incense" and ask the bodhisattva to bless them, so the temple Taoist temple and the famous mountain Dojo are one of the most lively places in the New Year. Photo: During the Spring Festival in the Year of the Loong, people go to the Lama Temple to burn incense and make a wish (net map). Now this religious belief culture, which was regarded as feudal superstition during the "breaking the capitalism", is back, and the custom of burning incense in the New Year is popular again. The number of pilgrims has increased year by year, and there are many people in the Dojo to worship people. The Lama Temple, the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing, has also made big news this year: a young Fujian pilgrim from the special forces has not returned for many years, and he grabbed incense on New Year's Day. It seems that burning incense and wishing is regardless of political beliefs. Can you get good luck by grabbing the first incense? At least from the mood, it is very pleasant. But don't be angry if you don't burn. Pay attention to the word "honesty" when you burn incense and make a wish, that is, as the saying goes, honesty is the spirit, even if you don't burn it, just think about it. Sincere at the same time, but also burn the right incense! Burning incense or right? Of course, the essence of burning incense is an act of "bribing the gods". Today, giving gifts to leaders is called burning incense, which is what it means. Burning incense and wishing depends on the object, time and place. If you can't see the bodhisattva, you can worship. If you see a temple, you can burn it. It depends on your wishes and whether the bodhisattva you worship is helpful. Otherwise, burning the ground blindly is tantamount to burning in vain. For example, if you ask your son to burn incense for Maitreya, you should worship Guanyin. The so-called "holding a pig's head, I'm afraid I can't find the temple gate" is just the words of the villagers. Photo: Burning incense in the New Year has become a custom. So, who should the Year of the Loong burn incense for? Where is the most effective way to make a wish? Speaking of this question, there are many words in it. Burning incense in the religious sense, also called offering incense or entering incense, is an act of worshipping Buddha. Buddha, that is, Buddha, is Sakyamuni and Tathagata, in a narrow sense. Broadly speaking, great enlightened people, prophets and merciful people are all Buddhas. Buddhism advocates "all beings are equal" and "all beings suffer", and takes life and death as the ideal realm, so it has a large number of followers and believers, which has produced a "Buddhism" with great influence. Buddhists' practice and Taoist power are graded, and bodhisattvas are second only to buddhas. Bodhisattvas are divided into "Big Bodhisattva", "Little Bodhisattva" and "Ordinary Bodhisattva" with different titles. Guanyin, Dizang, Manjusri and Pu Xian all belong to "Great Bodhisattvas", and they are regarded as "excellent Bodhisattvas" in the required reading of Huayan Jing, each with different powers, which can give people different powers and satisfy people's different wishes and pursuits. Most pilgrims often worship the Great Bodhisattva. Since Buddhism was introduced to the East in the Eastern Han Dynasty, bodhisattvas, large and small, have also "immigrated" from India to China, and their followers have taught classics, educated the people and cultivated themselves in different areas, forming their own turf. This "site" is the blessed land of the Bodhisattva, and believers call it "Dojo". Almost all the famous mountains and treasures in China are Buddhist Dojo. For example, the four famous Buddhist mountains in China are the Dojo of the four great bodhisattvas-Wutai Mountain-Manjushri Dojo (see above). According to legend, Manjusri Bodhisattva once "walked from the top, spoke for all beings and spoke China", so Wutai Mountain became Manjusri Bodhisattva Dojo. Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang-Guanyin Bodhisattva Dojo (see above). No matter how big or small the temple is, it is dedicated to Guanyin, which naturally becomes the Dojo of Guanyin. In addition, many famous mountains such as Nanwutai Mountain in Shaanxi, Daxiangshan Mountain, Tianzhu Mountain in Zhejiang and Putuo Mountain in Nanhai are also Dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Mount Emei in Sichuan-Bodhisattva Dojo (see above). According to legend, on the first day of June in the sixth year of Han Yongping (63 years), Bodhisattva Samantabhadra was once "like Mount Emei", so Mount Emei became the Dojo of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Jiuhuashan, Anhui Province-Dojo of Tibetan Bodhisattva (see above). According to legend, Jin Qiaojue, a monk from Silla (present-day Korea) in the Tang Dynasty, crossed the sea to practice in Jiuhua Mountain. Three years after his death, his body is immortal and his color is like life. It is said that he was reincarnated by the Bodhisattva Diksitigarbha, so believers regard Jiuhuashan as the Dojo of the Bodhisattva Diksitigarbha. These Buddhists and Bodhisattvas are like celebrities in the secular world. Where there is no great bodhisattva, incense will not flourish, and the income of incense money will be less. In order to produce the "celebrity effect", many places will engage in the Great Bodhisattva, just like Anyang built a tomb of Cao Cao, calling itself XX Dojo, which is also the rule of attracting tourists in various tourist attractions, and it is the same thing as telling fortune and playing divination for tourists, which is tacit in the circle. Bodhisattva is not an omnipotent god, but also has its own "professional field" and "academic specialty". Take the four great bodhisattvas for example. They each have their own strengths-Manjusri Bodhisattva, the left attendant of Sakyamuni Buddha, and Sakyamuni, the Bodhisattva, the first Buddha to gain enlightenment, are collectively called "Hua Yan Sansheng". Because of his outstanding ability and political integrity, he ranks first among all bodhisattvas and is called "Prince Fa". He is the embodiment of "great wisdom" and represents wisdom. Photo: Three Sages of Hua Yan, Bodhisattva Tupuxian: The right-handed Buddha of Sakyamuni Buddha, and Manjusri Bodhisattva and Sakyamuni, who gained the Tao first, are also called "Three Sages of Hua Yan". He is a symbol of "greatness" and represents practice. Guanyin Bodhisattva: The last Bodhisattva under the seat of Amitabha, the founder of the western paradise. Together with Amitabha, it is a threatening bodhisattva next to Amitabha. Together with Amitabha and Amitabha, they are called the "Three Saints of the West", which is the embodiment of "great compassion" and represents charity. Because bodhisattva helps the poor, it is the Buddha country of philanthropists, so it is called "savior" Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: After the death of Sakyamuni, before the birth of Maitreya Buddha in the future, it was once the "acting Buddha", equivalent to the "acting president", "great wish" and the embodiment of ideals of the Buddha country. "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell" is the famous saying of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Photo: Judging from the different symbols of these buddhas, Sakyamuni should know which bodhisattva to worship and where to go when worshiping Buddha. But as for the year when the dragon burned incense and made a wish, we still have to go on. After Buddhism was introduced into China, it was inevitably influenced by China's local traditional culture, such as the Five Elements Culture, the Zodiac Culture, and the Auspicious Choice Culture. The Bodhisattva was endowed with more social functions. Since bodhisattvas came to save mankind, later, different bodhisattvas became protectors of people who did not belong to the same phase, that is, the so-called "Buddha in this life." The Tripitaka says, "Twelve animals in the four seas are bodhisattvas and human beings are born." These twelve animals are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig, which are the twelve zodiac signs of China. Accordingly, the Buddha arranged eight people who were enlightened and taught by Bodhisattvas in different zodiac signs as "mentors". These "mentors" are called "Buddhas in this life". Photo: I checked the materials of the twelve zodiac signs, the love between teachers and students and the 12 zodiac signs of the Eight Buddhists, from the offspring to the porcupine. The order is as follows-Rat Buddha-Guanyin Bodhisattva, Bull Buddha-Tiger Buddha-Rabbit Buddha-Manjusri Bodhisattva, Snake Buddha-Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Sheep Buddha-Monkey Buddha. It is said that people corresponding to the zodiac will have telepathy when they see their Buddha. The premise of this miracle is that you have to believe in Buddhism. By the way, if you believe in Buddhism, you can choose the Buddha brand pendant according to this relationship. These eight "guide buddhas" are also "rotary buddhas" corresponding to the year, and the rotary buddhas are also annual dharma buddhas. We should report to this Bodhisattva on all major and minor issues in a year, just like the United Nations, and take turns to be the "rotating chairman". By comparison, we can know that the rotating Buddha in the Year of the Rat is avalokitesvara, and the one in the Year of the Ox is a bodhisattva in the void ... This year is the Year of the Loong, next year is year of the snake, and the "rotating Buddha" in 20 12 and 20 13 are all bodhisattvas. Photo: The fragrance in front of Wannian Temple in Emei Mountain is the strongest, and it smells of smoke all day long. Seeing this, everyone should understand who the Year of the Loong should burn incense for. Where is the most effective way to make a wish? The Buddha country is also a county magistrate, so it is better to manage it now. Although there are more powerful and popular Buddhas than Pu Xian, Pu Xian is a "rotating Buddha", so the Year of the Loong should burn incense for him, and the best place to make a wish should be his Dojo-Emei Mountain, where it is most effective to burn incense and make a wish. In the Year of the Loong, people who belong to dragons are too old, which is also called the year of birth. Superstition thinks it is not suitable. If this year happens to be the animal year, it should be the best choice to burn incense in Emei Mountain. Dragon (snake next year) is closest to the physiological magnetic field of Buddha and Bodhisattva Pu Xian, and it has the strongest induction this year. Of course, what I said here is that "the magnetic field is the closest and the inductive force is the strongest", which is just what the believers said and my opinion. However, even if it is not the animal year, Emei Mountain is also a place suitable for burning incense and wishing. I went there years ago and found that there are twenty or thirty temples, large and small, which are filled with incense all year round. This is probably the reason why Chiang Kai-shek and other important officials of the Republic of China have to burn incense and make wishes when they go to Emei Mountain. Burning incense and wishing is not superstition, but a psychological appeal and an active release of life and work pressure, which belongs to one of religious belief cultures. However, if you put all your hopes and beauty on burning incense and wishing instead of working hard and making progress in reality, it is superstition and dross. As for the efficacy, it doesn't work, just like whether there is a Buddha or not, it is only in everyone's heart. Finally, I would like to remind you that there are rules for burning incense: "Three Ghosts and Four Gods". Buddha is a god, so burn three incense sticks instead of one incense stick. In the first picture above, the man is good at burning incense, but in the second picture, he is burning incense indiscriminately. It is unlucky to burn the wrong things and worship the wrong things. There is a saying in Buddhism that it backfires!