Why burn incense on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?

The first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar are "October Festival", which is the so-called "sin gathering day", so believers usually burn incense on these two days. Burning incense is exquisite, not casual.

Be sure to meditate before burning incense. Use odd numbers to worship Buddha and burn incense, because odd numbers belong to Yang and gods belong to Yang. Generally, three branches are appropriate, which means that there is no omission in precept, determination and wisdom. It also means to support Buddhism, Buddhism and monks to live in the three treasures. You can also decide the number of incense according to your own wishes, or three, or five, or seven, or nine, up to thirteen, that is, high incense with perfect merits.

When lighting incense, hold the incense in your left hand and the candle in your right hand. The more incense you order, the better. Then, hold the incense in your left hand and the incense in your right hand, bow your head and insert the incense into the incense ashes in the incense burner. Then, put your hands together, palms hollow, raise your head, pause to your mouth, make a wish, and then go down to your heart to meditate.

There is also a stress on inserting fragrant branches, so you should use your left hand, because your right hand handles everything daily and often touches unclean things. After the incense is lit, it should be inserted in the middle of the incense burner, and the first incense should be inserted in the middle. Say to yourself: "Feed the Buddha, feel but not be fascinated"; The second incense is inserted on the right, and I meditate in my heart: the law of support is right but not evil "; He put a third incense on his left and said to himself, "Hey, monk, it's clean and clean. "

The ritual of burning incense and worshiping God is generally like this: hold the incense with both hands, raise your head horizontally, go down to your navel and worship for three times in a row. In order to show piety, burn incense and bow down, three kneeling and nine knocking are more solemn. Kneel three times and worship nine times. When kneeling, leave your left foot first, with the back of your hand facing up. If you burn incense on your knees, burn incense with your left hand and incense with your right hand. Don't burn incense, just put your hands together, from top to bottom, your head touches the ground, your palms are apart, and press the ground. It is said that worshipping Buddha is different from mourning. When you worship Buddha, your palms must be inward; The mourners palms outward. Buddha worship is to pray for things related to yourself or your family, so your palms should be inward.

The process of "burning incense" is the process of "worshipping Buddha". Although a series of behavioral processes are explicit, the real "Buddha worship", petitions and wishes are hidden in the heart. Although I saw my mouth slightly open at that time, it seemed to say something, but I had to be silent.