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Manjushri's birthday?

The fourth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

"The fourth day of the fourth month (lunar calendar) is the birthday of Manjushri, to worship the bodhisattva to worship the Buddha is generally better in the morning time, to worship Manjushri, then it is best to go on the day of the birth of the bodhisattva, this is the custom.

Manjushri was born in Shehui, India, and later followed Shakyamuni Buddha to become a monk, often followed and coerced in the Buddha's left and right, to help the Buddha preach the Dharma. The stone Bodhisattva Manjushri is the first of the four great Bodhisattvas and the teacher of the seven Buddhas; therefore, Manjushri has a high status and influence in Mahayana Buddhism; it is also well known and respected by all.

Attention to Worshiping Manjushri:

1. The incense for worshiping Manjushri should not be called "buying" but "inviting". On the incense when the first incense after worship, three incense is enough to honor in a furnace can be, "a furnace," and then after not a Buddha Hall, clap your hands and worship three can be, Buddhism does not have a lot to pay attention to, the most important thing is that you have no purity of mind.

2, the center of the temple mat is for monks, men kneeling with the left, women with the right; in the temple according to the clockwise direction walking worship.

3, into the temple along the front edge try not to walk in the middle, along the edge of the steps and up, men left, women right, try not to go through the front door, because the abbot door towards the evening classes are from the front door into the door, and Shamans and so on from the side door into the door, so in order to be consistent with the temple, we should try to go through the door from the side of the door into the left side of the men and women right, try to go in across the right foot, go out of the door from the side door out is, don't step on the doorsteps. When entering the temple door, never step on the threshold.