Buddha's Teaching

Buddhist shrine Home Should Know taboo
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The practice of folk beliefs often have a lot of taboo, but that is not true Buddhist belief that only the taboo is mistaken Buddhism.
For example, the excess of incense cedars daily if not collapse, it becomes dirty and very dangerous flammable. So the incense before the statue placed in the temple, daily early morning needs to collapse, keeping always clean incense incense for the first time as new.
The female devotees to worship Buddha in the menstrual period does not dare to Buddhist holy temple, not even to the altar to burn incense to Buddhist chanting, meditation, Buddhist concept.
In fact it is taboo shop low spirits. Because demons are afraid of blood and dirt so everyone saw the fiery blood and dirt. Food addiction demons blood, saw the surge of blood lust, but menstrual blood is not fresh blood to spirits react as they jokingly been humiliated.
Therefore, menstruating women in the temples, shrines, temples spirits can suffer negative consequences.
And as the Sa-di ni, nuns, and the Upasika (lay women) in almost all activities at the temple, and the women do you practice every day with books, Buddha and animal law other temples, from past to present unprecedented disaster by anybody conflict problems caused by menstruation at all.
Those who worship Buddha at home when the first Buddhist altar set up thanks to the opening ceremony of the optical phenomenon of Bodhisattvas, had to choose a good day, a good direction. It is also due to popular beliefs or folk customs.
In the opinion "option to import part" but said it is customary that nothing much wrong. Ceremony defoliation is expressed cautious to select the date chosen direction is to show the good wish.
But the Buddhist perspective, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have everywhere, not a place not to show. All directions are Buddhas, Three Jewels, Long natural guardian.
So, of course, had no problems so popular beliefs imagine. Just pick a place they deem most honor, and with sincere feelings and choose an appropriate time to worship Buddha statue is placed.
There are people that have the mantra, certain texts, the concept is not religious at home, or with the mantra, prayer does not get that concept into an hour.
In fact, with reverent hearts, all texts, notes can chant anywhere in purity. It is best before chanting should wash hands, gargle and stood before the altar to burn incense and chanting Buddhist ceremony that should not be said but the house is not religious chanting certain mantras or not certain, but the legal special technical provisions excluding Esoteric.
In a message can have the Buddha, there are people who believe God, can affordable the whole church and the whole Buddhist Spirit in the same altar? That should be considered no matter what.
Should worship Buddha in the center, the sides Bodhisattva worship, worship the same God outside, regarded as guardians outside the Three Jewels, also should let the Spirit close to the Three Jewels Dharma, cause god an affinity with Buddhism.
If you reach an agreement by both houses, but changed his mind after the Buddha is believed to make sacrifices Spirit, pray to God and bring report object (and worship) God take away, to avoid offering too much idolatry generated noise disturbances.
Many people do not understand the taste of ashes texts, objects and animals decay, the method will handle like? Even someone brought over to the temple.
In fact, pick seats vacant land and clean utensil, remove it and then setting fire to go, finished digging the hole burning is buried. These things do not burn metal sealing is to find a place, some time later will handle disposal of old furniture like torn another century.
The present offerings on the altar of Buddha as flowers, fruits, tea etc ... of the type of consumable items must be changed daily. These things can be used, they should bring food to be used for other purposes or used to bring food to the house, do not throw it away. Everything rancidity, decay, they must pour it out like garbage. And as presentation items should worship presentation offering single or a dual display, there is no limit at all.
In terms of aesthetic symmetry, but said it should take a couple. But since money is limited items, or furnished by the seat location is not convenient, offering only single presentation is also nothing is not. As for the food offerings is nothing, in principle, depending on where the money is spent, but I can take care of it, no frills, but also display means no need to flaunt.
Practice time in the most appropriate in the early morning and evening, then a relative purity of mind, comfort. So can dwell, where the focus of practice.
If due to the nature of the business, it can of course choose different time. It is best to not set the altar in the bedroom, do not sit meditation, prostrations, chanting in bed.
But if the house has only one room, it is best to normally take clothes covered Buddha statue. When Buddhist ceremony, it unloads dressed bedding, clean towels and then open the statue. If the bed is worship ceremony, as it is also a place to practice.
In short, get a pure heart, reverently to indicate the level of formality, as the principle seriously.
Once refuge is not a religious refuge in other, not a worship temples, ashrams of folk beliefs. Yet still must keep their reverence for that belief.
Upon entering the church, shrines, temples and gods bowed to greet his hands. Not be considered as objects of worship which their beliefs, but considered that gesture to keep friendly relations.
Before Unaware authentication for Dharma is not pagan reading, if not the only driving leads to wrong direction.