Do you need a full cup of water to offer to the Bodhisattva?

Don't fill half a cup too much.

The Buddha needs water in front of him, not just a few cups, a few cups, usually one cup. But the water supply in front of the Buddha lies in the fact that there are no insects and must be filtered.

A filter should be prepared.

Now the world is full of faucets, and faucets also have insects, whether it is raw water or boiling water, they can all be used, if they are not filtered, they cannot be used. Monks have a precept that they must bring a strainer (water filter) everywhere they go, and in the household, the water should also be filtered. Because water pipes also have insects.

In addition, although the reservoir is treated with bleach, it does not completely dispose of all the bacteria, and there are some microorganisms in it.

On the ** should often be on the water.

When we get up, the first thing is the water supply. You are allowed to use water because you supply it. So the first thing the monastery does before cooking is to supply water.

Because water has the harm of water, and it also has the benefit of water. Only before we use water, whether it is brushing our teeth, washing, mopping the floor, this water is continuous, and the first cup of water should be offered to the Buddha. Only after making offerings to the Buddha are we allowed to use water, so that we will not be harmed by water.

Why do some people suffer from flooding? Just because he doesn't make offerings to the Buddha, because he already has evil thoughts about water in his mind, he will definitely suffer from water in the future.

If you use water everywhere to make offerings to the Buddha, and everywhere you leave the water phase – if you leave the water phase, you will be protected by the water, and the water will not flood you, and it will not harm you. Therefore, water can overturn a boat, or it can carry a boat.

The water we offer to the Buddha is not for the Buddha to drink, but for us to leave the phase.

It doesn't matter if you have one cup, three cups, or seven cups, what matters is that you keep the five precepts and do the ten good deeds, such as practice, so that is the best offering. This is the Fugen line of vows, Fugen Bodhisattva said. Mahayana scriptures such as the Lotus Sutra also say that the Dharma offering is the most special offering.

May the Buddha bless you

1. First of all, you have to rule out whether this is a problem of evaporation. If you are in the north, evaporation is very obvious, especially in Urumqi, which is very dry, and that is visible to the naked eye. I'm thinking that 99% of the cases you said are the above.

2. There is also 1% of the cases where there are sentient beings of the six realms receiving offerings (the Buddha and Bodhisattva are not lacking in your offerings, and the reason why they accept the offerings is that the Buddha and Bodhisattva are compassionate, so that we can cultivate blessings and cultivate virtue). It's very simple to confirm, offering three cups of water at the same time, one of which is covered with a glass cover, and if all three cups of water are reduced the next day (the cup of water covered is slightly higher is in the normal range), then the beings are receiving offerings, because they are not restricted in receiving offerings). If there is a big difference between the covered and uncovered ones, it is normal water vapor evaporation.