Can children go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha? People have many beliefs about culture, and Buddhism is one of the most religious beliefs in China. When you go to worship Buddha, you can get the blessing of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Can the children below go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha?
Can children go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha? 1 Children can't go to the temple. The specific explanation is as follows:
Children are easily influenced by the environment.
Children can go to temples only when they are old and mature in behavior and psychology. The reason why children can't go to temples is mainly because children are easily influenced by the environment and then psychologically frightened. The average child has never experienced such a serious occasion, and her mind will not be suitable for such a solemn temple occasion.
2, temple incense smoke stimulates the eyes.
The second reason why children are not allowed to enter the temple is because the incense in the temple is very strong. People come from all directions to worship Buddha, especially some famous local temples. Parents are more likely to get lost if they don't pay attention to their children.
Moreover, burning incense when worshipping Buddha will cause some air pollution. For children who have not yet developed well, these burning fumes will have some irritation to their eyes. These smog are harmful to children. If some parents control their fireworks carelessly, they may even burn their children.
Other places that are not suitable for children.
1, funeral
Funeral is held to remember the dead. The atmosphere in the funeral will be heavy, and many people who miss their loved ones will cry there. It is this environmental factor that may make children frightened by such an atmosphere, thus affecting their mental health and emotional development. Moreover, another reason is that children are generally naughty. They are too young to understand the true meaning of funeral, which will lead them to play happily there or make a scene in their heads. Such behavior is disrespectful to the dead. Therefore, parents are not advised to bring too young children to the funeral.
2. Adult entertainment places
The second place that is not suitable for children is the entertainment places for adults, such as KTV and bars. This kind of place belongs to adults' entertainment places, because these places are generally very noisy and noisy, which will affect children's hearing development if they are taken with them. Moreover, in these places, adults will smoke, drink or guess their fists on the wine table. If you often take your children in and out of these adult entertainment places, it may lead to these bad hobbies when children grow up. Therefore, children should go to adult entertainment places as little as possible.
Can children go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha? Etiquette for going to the temple.
1, into the temple:
You should go around from left to right, not from right to left. It's called the right pagoda temple.
2. Enter the hall:
Go left and lift your left foot into the door. To get to the right, lift your right foot. Don't worship Buddha in the middle, because the mat in the middle of the hall is used by the abbot or the mage in the temple, and no one else can.
3. Enter the hall:
Don't ask the middle (bow). You must go to both sides. Because only the abbot and the master can be in the middle.
4. burn incense:
It is best to burn incense in a big incense burner outside the temple, because most temples are built with wooden structures and burn incense in the temple. If it is improper, it will burn the temple items. But in the temple, there will be a "incense burner" in every hall. If you have anything, you can ask the "incense burner".
The incense in the temple means to light your heart, and lighting a lamp means to light your heart. At this time, you can get the blessing of Buddha and Bodhisattva, thus getting wisdom and so on. So you can burn one, two and a third. No need for more.
Incense in the temple: you can bring your own incense or invite it in the temple, but incense is usually available in the main hall and can be used directly. If economic conditions permit, you can put some merit money in the merit box. If it's difficult, Buddha and Bodhisattva won't blame you, and you have merits after worshipping Buddha.
The true meaning of temple culture
Temple culture has a long history, with prosperous times and unknown experiences. The change of the temple Dojo proves that the religious believers in ancient and modern China have insufficient understanding of the historical significance of the temple culture, and the significance of the idols enshrined in the temple is unclear. They even think that temples are the solution to the theory of divination, which is completely vulgar and contemptuous of temple culture. The misunderstanding from believers is not the main reason, because the purpose of apotheosis induction is a very correct guidance and enlightens people to encounter strange ideas. However, during thousands of years of inheritance and development, due to the influence of feudal dynasty's ruling mistakes and hegemonism that destroyed rationality, temple culture and religious teachings have not been legally sorted out, so that some believers in religion still stay in the stage of blind obedience. Since then, in the true sense of the Buddhist world of temple culture, normal temple culture has developed due to man-made conceptual prejudice and faculty's unclear religious purpose. There are some illegal acts lurking outside the court, which have imperceptibly affected the image of Buddhist education. Therefore, there are some laggards in the society, and some intellectuals take it out of context, which has caused some bad phenomena of believers. How to make the community not doubt the temple culture?
Especially in today's rich material conditions, people who blindly compare and covet material desires can only pray for the mercy of the immortal Buddha, but rarely repent and blame themselves. In addition, people are inevitably resentful, often have different opinions, and are arrogant and unscrupulous. Isn't it difficult to save karma with a glass of water? There is a saying in Buddhism: the majority of Buddhists are hard to help, although it rains widely, there is no grass without roots. How can people be rewarded for not doing good deeds? If there is no good seed to pay, how can we be blessed? The wrong form of going one's own way is not only of little benefit to oneself, but also will be defeated by the Buddha's heart, which is even more disrespectful to the Buddha. How can such a belief be moved by the Buddha's light? The sages have said: happiness is made by oneself, life is made by oneself, doing good is the foundation of life, and doing good or not is the foundation of getting rid of troubles.
A temple is a place for religious believers, a residence for monks to preside over Buddhism and correct their behaviors, a Dojo for practicing the Buddha's teachings of compassion and saving the world, a link between all religious believers, a temporary place for uniting all ethnic groups to live in harmony, and a guide for all religious believers. Therefore, our temple vigorously builds the Dojo, gives full play to its various functions, carries forward the fine tradition of the integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in China, advocates the positive and enterprising thought of human Buddhism, and takes the road of harmonious coexistence with socialism as its foothold.
Regarding the spread of temple culture, Qi Xin should make concerted efforts to put an end to all fallacies and heresies of non-religious and non-educational significance, correct vulgar views in people's minds, correct some stale views left over from the previous generation, and correct those perfunctory platitudes that people often say; Because of the bad phenomena in religious belief, it will directly cause serious consequences to society and families, interfere with the stability of social order, break up families, and even hurt lives and property. Most believers today still have the stain of non-religious education in their hearts. This unhealthy trend, traced back to the source, is not the fault of others, and the responsibility cannot be shirked. It should belong to the religious field and the self-cultivation of religious believers. I think, in the climax of advanced science and people's living conditions, as a religious teacher, we must take a clear-cut stand, know the truth and falsehood, listen to the teachings and sects, and keep in touch with the society. They should not go with the flow, set an example, and often restrain the abnormal behavior of believers. Only in this way can believers establish correct beliefs in line with the national constitution, Buddhism and people's feelings, the spiritual pillar shaped by the ancients and the cause of purifying people's hearts can develop normally, and it is conducive to the quality and moral thinking of society, families and individuals, and to instilling the teachings of temple culture into people's hearts. This is the sacred mission of our generation, and we are only willing to encourage and reverse the bad atmosphere inherited by those who know nothing in the past. Therefore, the purpose of this temple to lead the public to build a temple is to educate believers to be true believers, love to teach patriotism, shape useful talents for society, and create a righteous instrument to carry forward the past and benefit the public. Therefore, I hope people from all walks of life will strongly support the construction of Zhengjue Temple and make contributions to the cause of socialist spiritual civilization construction.
Can children go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha? 3 the origin of worship.
In the past, our ancestors cut through thorns, waded through mountains and rivers, reclaimed land and settled in the countryside. After experiencing wind and rain, thunder and lightning, they have awe of nature in their hearts. They believe that mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon and everything have their own gods. Later, with religious thought, this concept of Shinto became more concrete and practical. China people are actually very open-minded. I always think that since the gods come to protect mankind, of course, the more the better, so everyone comes to the net. Buddhism has Buddhist gods, and Taoism has Taoist gods. Although Confucianism did not develop religious forms and organizations, Confucius said that "the spirit of wisdom and integrity is called God", which is equivalent to setting a standard for "piety".
Respecting heaven and ancestors is a 5,000-year-old tradition in China, which is followed by the whole people. Its root is nature, which is carried out in customs and habits, forming the cornerstone of China's inherent culture. Sacrificing ancestors is an essential element of human relations and the foundation of governing the country. At the time of the year, or at weddings, funerals and celebrations, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors.
What's so important about worshipping God?
About people who worship God and burn incense.
1, women can't go into the temple to worship God and burn incense when the moon is coming.
Children under one year old should not go into the temple to worship God and burn incense.
On the method of worshipping God and burning incense
1. Wash your hands before worshipping God and burning incense. Only clean hands can hold incense.
2. Don't blow out the lit incense if it hasn't been extinguished. Bad breath in the mouth is considered disrespectful.
3. invite the incense, others can't pay.
The incense taken in the temple should be called "please" instead of "buy".
5. Xiangtouping is opposite to the bodhisattva icon. Note that Xiangtouping cannot face the ground.
6. Burn incense before you worship. Don't just grab one and burn it everywhere.
7. All your expectations can be confided to Buddha and Bodhisattva. Be careful not to read it out loud.
8. The correct way to worship God and burn incense: When burning incense, hold the incense with your thumb and forefinger, close the other three fingers, lift the incense to the eyebrows with both hands, and visualize the immortal bodhisattva appearing in front of you and accepting the incense. If there are many people, put the incense upright so as not to burn others, and then walk three steps away from the statue and worship the Buddha with the incense. Generally, you can burn three incense sticks, one for Buddha, one for dharma and one for monk.