How to pronounce dī shuǐ gōng dé

Dripping Water Merit Pinyin: dī shuǐ gōng dé

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Dripping water to return to a place of worship, Drip Ritual. It is an important ritual in Southern Buddhism. Originating from the Hungry Ghost incident, there is a similar account in the Beyond the Wall Sutra Bunsen Sutra. According to the Beyond the Wall Sutra, there was a king at the time of the Buddha, who made goodwill offerings to the sangha. The king's friends and relatives from his past life were still hungry ghosts and gathered outside the wall, expecting the king to return the merit of the monk offering to them. That's why it's called the Outside the Walls Sutra.

Simply put, drip-returning is a ritual of returning merit to others or non-humans after making offerings to monks or other good deeds. It can be led by a monk or done independently. Generally, Thai people will be in the temple after the monk offering by the master to lead everyone *** with the same to do the return. Prepare a kettle and a bowl or cup, if you are going to the temple, the temple will now have prepared without self-prepared.

After chanting the sutra, slowly pour the water from the kettle into the bowl. If there are not enough kettles in the temple, you can place your hand on the arm, shoulder, back, or knee of the kettle bearer, and **** with him to complete the ritual of dropping the water, and afterward, pour the water in the bowl under a tree or under a flower.

This operation of pouring water originates from the Wall Sutra, which roughly means that when it rains heavily on a high mountain, the rainwater flows down from the heights and into the valley, and from the valley it flows down to the valley, streams, rivers, and big rivers, and finally collects and fills up the ocean; in the same way, we hope that the alms we are now giving will also be like that flowing water filling up the ocean, and that the blessings of the karma will continue to be filled up, grow, and become extensive, so that it can be of benefit to our deceased loved ones.

Meaning of Dripping Water

One layer of the meaning of dripping water is blessing, praying for the souls of our deceased loved ones to be at peace in heaven. On this day, good men and women who go to Buddhist temples to be ordained and listen to the sutras, on the one hand, honor the monks and the old people who live in the temples to be ordained, and on the other hand, worship the souls of the departed with food and ask the Buddha to chant sutras to call the souls of the dead so that they can come and receive the offerings of their loved ones.

Therefore, listening to the scriptures and taking precepts in the Buddhist temple and dropping water to make offerings are not only the soul and spirit, but also the continuation of the fine tradition of the Dai people of keeping a clean heart and harmony and goodwill.

There is another layer of significance of dripping wish, for people who believe in Buddhism, dripping another prayer, is to ask the mother of the earth "婻托拉尼", like a witness to the Buddha as a witness to the Buddha, witness their sincerity of the Buddha, as well as piety and faith in Buddhism, in order to get the right results.