"Xi 'an Wanshou Eight Immortals Palace Civilization Incense Introduction Ceremony"
Ten good men and women:
Long life is boundless!
Taoism is the only existing local religion in China, with Huangdi, Laozi and Zhang Daoling as the "three ancestors" respectively, with a history of 4707 years. The Eight Immortals Palace is a Taoist activity place, which is mainly used to worship the ancestors of the Eight Immortals. It was built because Zheng Sheng met the Eight Immortals in Changle Square in the Song Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, it was turned into a ten-square jungle of Quanzhen religion, and now it is one of the 2/kloc-0 key temples in China. You are welcome to bathe the tranquility of the ancient temple with a pious heart, pay tribute to the gods, rest your body and mind, and cultivate your studies. I will tell you the correct method and etiquette of burning incense one by one according to the actual situation of the Eight Immortals Palace.
Incense is a tool for communication between man and nature, and it only needs piety. Please be sure to fast vegetarian food the day before entering the temple to burn incense and the day before. If you can take a shower and change clothes the day before, it is better to wash your hands before burning incense. At the same time, please don't smoke, drink or make noise in the Taoist temple on the day of pilgrimages, and be sure to respectfully bring pets and firecrackers. Smokers, drunkards, shirtless people, people wearing slippers, sandals without heels, shorts and short skirts are not allowed to enter the temple.
Please be kind, don't enter the hall with lighted incense, and don't bow down with incense.
There are eight kinds of Taoist incense, namely: Daoxiang, Dexing, Wuwei, Qingjiang, Natural, Miaodong, Lingbao and Chaosanjie. As the saying goes: "The Tao is learned by the mind, and the heart is fake." When burning grass incense outside, you must concentrate on calming your breath, eliminating distractions, keeping your mind calm and burning incense inside. The category of fragrance is determined by the fruit in your heart; The purer the mind, the higher the fruit; If the heart is scattered, it will be fruitless.
The Eight Immortals Palace uses special incense for environmental protection. Before you order environmental protection incense, please tear off all the wrapping paper and throw it into the nearby waste paper box. The fragrance is not much, not expensive, not strong, not eager to burn the brain, not expecting, but the heart is pure and single-minded. For any grass incense, use the same three sticks or one stick (no more than three sticks, no unique incense, no mixed incense, no broken incense, no insect bite, no moisture, mildew, curved incense, etc.). ). There is no difference in color, price, height, etc. At the same time, please don't be misled by business words. There is no difference between God and God. When you want to reach God, you are always responsive. My mind is distracted, so don't call. God "manages" wealth, God "manages" marriage, God "manages" peace, and so on. It is also a heart of separation and obsession, and all beings should give up.
Don't dip in wax oil and other things when lighting incense. Do not use stoves, lighters or incense on the ground or other unclean places or fire sources. "Tai Shang Induction" says: "The stove burns incense and firewood is food; Naked at night, eight executions; Spit a meteor, which means rainbow; Need to refer to the three lights, as long as the sun and the moon; Hunting in spring and cursing the north; Kill turtles and snakes for no reason. If you commit such a crime, your life depends on its severity, or you will be killed if you forget it. There is more responsibility for death, but it will affect future generations. " There is no merit, only evil. Don't put incense wax in places other than incense burners, such as incinerators and high places in buildings. Incense is a spiritual thing. Being trampled by hundreds of people after falling down is not to worship God, but to insult God.
Be sincere and calm when lighting incense, and don't gossip, answer the phone, smoke in your mouth or chew food; Or light incense on the lamp and wait. You must hold the incense in both hands or one hand until it is lit. I said to myself, "If you keep burning incense in your heart, it will be quiet." Then, gently fan out the open flame on the incense or shake it up and down, and don't blow the incense with your tongue. Because people eat whole grains, the breath of mouth and nose is turbid and filthy.
After the open flame goes out, the clouds naturally fly to seal it, and the phoenix book is a dragon seal, thinking that it is a letter or a thing. Then stand in front of the incense burner, holding incense in your right hand, holding your left hand outside your right hand, and sincerely salute the north. Meditate for three times: "Ripford", "The Jade Emperor forgives sins" or "Live a long life without borders". It would be better if we could face east, south, west and north. Ba Bi, insert the incense in your hand into the incense burner one by one with your left hand and one hand. The distance between two adjacent incense sticks should not exceed one inch. As the saying goes, "Burning incense is not more than an inch, and the gods don't believe it." Only with an inch of mind can you feel God and communicate with God. Three incense sticks were inserted in the middle, followed by the left side of the main hall (the right side of Shanxin) and the last one was the right side (the left side of Shanxin). The three fragrances are the "Three Treasures" (Bao Dao, Bao Jing and Shi Bao), which pass through three realms and reach the "clear sky", "rainy day" and "red sky", thus avoiding the sin of life, heart and mouth of all beings, the three sufferings of all beings, the eight difficulties of all beings and the nine sufferings of all beings. After inserting incense, enter the main hall to pay homage.
When entering the temple, you are not allowed to enter from the middle. You should file from both sides. Do not step on the threshold or stand on it. When going in and out, you should first step on the foot near the door. This is called "avoid going around the fence". If you enter from the east, take your right foot first; If you enter from the west, take your left foot first; Out of date, and vice versa. Generally, the three kneeling pads in the temple should not be used in the middle, but on both sides. You can kneel on the ground when you are not enough. Before you bow down, please put your bags and other items on the side of the kneeling pad properly; Then I meditated in my mind.
Please don't use photography and video equipment in the temple.
Taoist sacrifices use the traditional etiquette of the Chinese nation. Different from the "handshake ceremony" in the west and the "folding ceremony" in India, we use the "fist handshake ceremony" of the Chinese nation since ancient times. The method is to put your feet and heels together, open your toes and stand in a figure of eight. The left hand is held outside the right hand and naturally hangs on the chest. Then when squatting, the right hand is inclined at the front end of the kneeling hall, and the left hand falls to cover the right hand, and the hands are crossed. Keep your head straight, think of the word "one" and pat the back of your hand with your eyebrows three times. Feet, hands and head are combined into "eighty-one old gentleman". Get up, this is "one ceremony", three times in a row, that is, "three ceremonies and nine knocks." In the process of bowing down, when your head is on the back of your left hand, meditate on God's name, your address, name and wishes. If it is a wish, make it clear silently, how to recover, when to recover, and so on. If it is realized, let's honor the promise as scheduled. After getting up, put your head in your hands, take a bow, take a step back, bow again and turn around. If a master knocks on his chin, he must turn and bow down to thank the Taoist priest and say, "The Taoist priest is merciful." The Taoist returned the gift with his fist and answered "mercy, mercy". When worshipping, worship the God in the middle first, then the God in the east (starting position), and finally the God in the west (starting position).
Money put in merit incense, called incense money or merit money, is a random charity. First, the daily expenses for maintaining the Taoist temple; The second is to accumulate goodness by printing scriptures and carry forward Taoism; The third is to repay the society and use it for charity.
After worshipping a temple, go to the next incense burner to light incense. Don't walk around with burning incense.
Three industries and six roots, suffering all beings. If people can be quiet, why burn incense If people can be pure and kind at heart, why not live happily? If the human heart is naturally powerless, why bother yourself and complain before God? So there is not much grass fragrance, nor is it burned, but it is quiet and badly cut. If one person is good, then one party is good; If one party is good, then a country is good; If a country is good, then the world is good; The world is good, all kinds of good; If there are all kinds of goodness, morality will return, people will feel the last contact, and all beings will regain their freedom and freedom.
May all kinds of creatures be free and happy, and live a long life!
(Shanxi Zi, Eight Immortals Palace)