One Petal of Heart Incense
On every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, or on important days, many Tanyue believers will come to the temple to offer incense and worship the Buddha. Some homes have Buddhist halls, and they will burn a stick of incense every day, but it is for the Buddha's use. What kind of fragrance? Many people don't know this. Similarly, many companies, from large companies to small shops, enshrine Guanyin or the founder of the industry in the God of Wealth. The first thing they do every day at work is to offer a stick of incense.
But what kind of incense is offered? This is where many people are extremely confused. Many people even buy some incense at random, whether it is natural or chemical, handmade or machine-made. As long as there is smoke, the task is completed. As everyone knows, this is extremely inappropriate. Anyway, today I want to talk to you about offering incense.
The Origin of Worshiping Incense to Buddha
"The incense in the furnace is suddenly hot, the Dharma Realm is smoked, and the sea of Buddhas will hear it from afar..." Tan Yue, who is familiar with Buddhism, will sing this solemn and special "Praise to Incense in the Incense", and this hymn This is the origin of people offering incense and worshiping Buddha -
According to "The Sutra of the Wise and Foolish": 2,500 years ago, Bhikkhu Funachi built the Tantan Hall in order to save his brother. After the construction was completed, the two brothers went up to the tower to burn incense and pray for the Buddha to come here to teach and educate all living beings. The curling incense drifted all the way to Gion, where they combined and formed a "incense cloud treasure cover" on the top of the Buddha's head.
Seeing this strange phenomenon, Ananda hurriedly asked the Buddha, and the Buddha told him that "incense" is the medium through which disciples can gain faith in the Buddha.
Buddha believed that incense is the messenger of Buddha. Therefore, one must offer incense to worship the Buddha. This is why it is necessary to offer incense to the Buddha.
Heaven and earth, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, three sticks of incense are offered to the world.
What kind of incense is suitable for worshiping and worshiping Buddha?
Sandalwood is often burned in Buddhism to worship Buddha. Laoshan sandalwood produced in India is the top grade. Sandalwood is called the Buddha tree by Buddhists. In the popular Feng Shui theory, sandalwood has the function of attracting wealth and warding off evil spirits, and is also known as the "tree of wealth". Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty's poem "The West Lake Apartment": "Three Zhu Roads are lit by candles of tallow trees and sandalwood, and one Guanyin supports hundreds of thousands of monks."
The Guanyin, the God of Wealth, and the founders of the industry enshrined in store locations and corporate wealth tablets can all be referenced. Buddhist rituals, such as Guan Gong, also known as Guan Er Ye, is also the Buddhist Jialan Bodhisattva. Although the incense you offer is incense, it is actually your sincerity. It is said that the body is an incense burner, the heart is an incense seed, and a petal of incense in the heart is offered before the Buddha.
There are many kinds of sandalwood, but the tautanium sandalwood is the most special. Sandalwood is fragrant and cool. It eliminates the heat and trouble caused by the three poisons in all living beings and makes them feel cool.
"The Sutra of Five Sufferings" says: All the fragrances. Nothing better than sandalwood. Its fragrance is immeasurable. The price of incense is more expensive than the gold in Jambudvipa. All sentient beings. Don't want to get it.
Xiangfeng Yade Sandalwood Handmade Incense Shop is based on this, combined with the "Buddha Bathing Merit Sutra", and referring to the "Incense Vehicle" and other classics, using Niutouzhan Sandalwood, White Sandalwood, Rose Sandalwood, Green Sandalwood, Laoshan Sandalwood as the base material, and the total Shen Shui Incense, styrax, incense, benzoin, clove, aged thuja, dipterocarp and other spices, a total of 18 flavors, natural and pure, no additives, made according to the law, kings and ministers help each other, traditional hand-made incense, after various rituals and piety Made specifically for incense. After it was made, the altar was sealed for seven or forty-nine days, and people knelt down and worshiped in front of the Buddha. This was to pay respect to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, to offer sacrifices to the people, and to cleanse and remove impurities with the best incense.
I pray that everyone who is destined to be happy will be blessed with sandalwood.
The most beautiful thing is the fireworks in the world
How to choose to offer incense
Let’s talk about how we choose to offer incense.
First, try to choose boneless flavor.
There are currently two main categories of incense on the market: bamboo stick incense and boneless incense. It has nothing to do with it and I don’t want to talk about the industry. Generally speaking, the first choice for incense is boneless incense.
Second, choose a fragrance whose main ingredient is sandalwood.
Fragrances are mainly divided into two categories: single fragrances and combined fragrances. If the general public is not sure, they can choose single-side sandalwood incense, whether it is old sandalwood or new sandalwood. For those who do not understand these, just listen to them. Don’t believe that you can buy 30 to 40 grams of old sandalwood for just a few tens of dollars. Let’s just say one more thing. If you can’t even buy the incense material at the cost, how can you talk about old sandalwood? After all, even if it is ordinary wood powder with some sandalwood chemical essence added, it is still considered sandalwood.
Third, if the economy allows, you can get natural fragrances made from natural fragrance materials. If the economy allows, it is best to use handmade natural fragrances. But this is an advanced level. After all, everyone has different xinxing and karma. All it takes is sandalwood.
In addition, when choosing the incense recipe, special attention should be paid to the following: if the incense contains musk, ambergris and other fragrant materials taken from animals, the incense must not be used to worship or worship Buddha.
信香
The incense used to worship and respect Buddha should not be neglected or blasphemed. However, I don't know what is wrong, "I do it unintentionally, but I will not punish it even if I do it". If you didn't know it before, it doesn't matter; you just need to correct it in the future. Practice is to cultivate your mind. Moreover, the incense offered is usually one or three sticks, so don't waste it.
The incense maker has nothing to do with it.
has nothing to do with it. A lost little book boy in the world makes some incense, tells some incense stories, writes some incense articles, seeks happiness in the fragrant and elegant sandalwood shop, lives a carefree life, wanders in the fragrant river, gives roses to others, and hands There is lingering fragrance. Messengers of incense, sow some seeds of good incense, praying that the world will be filled with incense, that blessings will shine on China, and that green seal flowers will bloom all over the homes of ordinary people.
