How many cups of water do you put in the Buddha hall? Where to put the water cup for the Buddha

AmitabhaThe water supply of the Buddha hall, one water cup is enough, and it is the expression of the law.

It doesn't matter if the old master ---water supply in front of the Buddha) is boiling water or not, as I just said, it is the expression of the Dharma, it is not for the Buddha to drink, but what is it? But when we see this cup of water, our hearts should be as flat as water, equal, and as pure as water. It reminds us to keep our hearts pure and egalitarian at all times, and it takes that meaning.

So the water has to be clean, I don't think it matters if it's boiled or not, it's not important, it has to be clean. It's better to use a transparent glass, you can see it clearly, so it's good, it's very good.

It's for teaching, and when we do it, we're being very respectful to the Buddha, why? That's what the Buddha taught me. If the Buddha explains to you every day, you have to cultivate a pure mind, you have to have an egalitarian mind, and someone teaches you every day, and you get tired of listening to it, and you get impatient with it.

You see how ingenious he is in this method, you choose your favorite cup to hold this cup of water, and when you see it, you will be happy, and you will realize the meaning of purity and equality.

Hello dear, the water cup of the offering to the Buddha should be placed on the offering table in front of the Buddha or other suitable offering shelf. Generally speaking, the position of the water cup should follow the following principles:1

The cup should be placed directly in front of the Buddha statue, about in line with or slightly in front of the front of the Buddha statue's seat. In this life, Zheng said to offer the drink with the most pious and respectful gesture. 2.

The cup should not be higher than the top of the Buddha statue and should not be lower than the bottom of the Buddha seat. Avoid placements that are too high or too low, giving people a sense of contempt or suspicion of disrespect. 3.

The mouth of the cup should be facing the Buddha statue, and the mouth should be at a 45-75 degree angle to the left edge of the offering table in front of the Buddha. If the Buddha statue is placed on several acres, it is easy to knock over when worshipping the Buddha or offering incense to the Buddha statue, which is not very convenient. 4.

The water cup should be spaced at a certain distance from other offerings such as flowers, incense sticks, etc., so that worshippers can move in front of the Buddha or offer incense to the Buddha statue. The spacing is about 10-30 cm. 5.

Choose a sturdy feeding rack based on the weight of the cup. Lightweight cups can be placed directly on the table, while heavy jugs should be served with a dedicated cup holder or semi-circular table to prevent tipping over. In addition, when worshipping the Buddha or chanting sutras in front of the Buddha, some of the water in the cup should be poured out, and only about 1 3 water should be retained.

This is a sign of respect for the Buddha's water removal ritual to prevent the water from rising and falling too violently and affecting the mood of worshipping the Buddha. It is also necessary to change the water supply in front of the Buddha regularly every day to avoid water quality deterioration or biological growth. In short, when arranging the water cup in front of the Buddha, it is necessary to pay attention to the appropriateness and stability of the orientation angle.

Maintain the right amount of water supply and freshness at all times.

Amitabha

Use a clear glass for a glass of water.

Venerable Jingkong--- This is talking about the water supply offered to the Buddha. The most important meaning of the water supply before the Buddha is to express the meaning of pure mind and equanimity. Therefore, among the offerings, the most important first offering is the water supply, which represents purity and equality; It is not available for tea, the color of the tea is not pure, it is superficial.

There are many ways to treat the water supply, we can drink, we can also feed other animals, we can also provide flowers and plants, this is not certain, as long as we have sincere respect, how to deal with it.

Use a clear glass for a glass of water.

It's all voluntary.

You can use bottled water without opening it and can be left for half a year.

Just change it, black tea, green tea can do !! It's so clean, the gods and Buddhas can use it!! It's like fruit doesn't have to be peeled!! Watermelons and oranges are all offered like this, and they can be used in the same way!! Generally fruits are fine, but pears are not.

There are three cups of water in front of the Buddha at home.

Offerings such as flowers, fruits, food, and tea in front of the Buddha are consumables and must be replaced daily; If it is still usable and edible, it should be used for other purposes or eaten by family members, and should not be discarded; If it is rotten or corrupted, it will be disposed of as garbage. There is no restriction on the singular or even number of offerings, and it is even in terms of symmetrical beauty, and if it is limited to the relationship between material resources, financial resources, location and venue, there is nothing wrong with the singular number. As for the category, the material is based on the scope of each person's financial resources.

Buddhism says: three, six, nine, etc. Chinese culture is the largest in the middle, and the three can better reflect the meaning.

So for three.

(1) When wiping the cup every day, wipe it thoroughly. When wiping, you can think about removing the two obstacles of yourself and sentient beings.

2) If there is incense, you can light the incense first, and then put the offering cup on top of the incense to purify the offering cup, and then stack the offering cups together.

3) To avoid contamination of offerings by exhaled turbidity, masks should be worn when supplying water.

4) Pioneer Cup: The first cup of each group is filled with water, and then most of the water is poured into the next cup, leaving some water in the first cup. Pour most of the water in the second cup into the third cup, and pour it to the last cup in turn. Pour water while chanting hum and bless.

5) If you make an offering without first blessings, you will have merit, but such an offering will easily cause obstacles and make your mind unpure and unstable.

6) The water should be poured about a grain of rice away from the rim of the cup, not full. This will avoid spilling the table when the cups are being collected.

7) If you pour too much water and overflow the cup, in the future you will be unstable, forgetful, or unclear, confused, unable to remember words or their meanings, or you will confuse the meanings, and it may also cause you to be less rigorous in your vows.

8) When setting up the cups, the distance between the cups should be a grain of rice width, not too far apart, but also not touching. If the distance between the cups is too large, it will take you away from the good sense. If you touch each other or get too close, it will cause your mind to be dull in the future, and you will not have a keen intelligence.

9) The cup should be placed very solemnly and neatly, not crookedly. It means not to be offered with a distorted heart, that is, with a pure heart that is not polluted by worldly fame.

10) When making offerings, you can recite Hum Ah Ah or hold the Dharani Offering.

Om, Omga, Buja, Pur, Bowl, Pur, Shuri, Ratha.

Ojiji Emperor Sanmando Bowl Rosalo Huh.

11) This vast non-empty mani is offered to the dharani, and when it is recited three times, it becomes a great offering in the assembly of the Buddha and in the boundless dust and earth, and the rain is immeasurable.

12) When supplying water every day, one should make a vow: Cultivate the Dharma for the sake of all sentient beings, and endure poison and not become bad. 」

13) Final dedication: To dedicate the merits of this water supply and all the merits accumulated by all sentient beings and oneself to all sentient beings only, and not to enjoy it by oneself. 」

14) Thinking in this way can become the five forces of mind cultivation and accumulate merit to generate bodhichitta mind. Therefore, we should try our best to dedicate ourselves to the benefit of all sentient beings, and we should quickly become Buddhas.

Water offerings are the most convenient of all offerings, and Atisha said, "It is very easy for us to make an offering with water, and it is not easy to get infected with the eight winds of the world." "Making a lot of water offerings won't make you slow down!

In this way, if we are able to make a great offering without giving rise to the self slowly, it is obvious that we will not be tainted with the deception of the motive, and the deceit of the offering will not be contaminated, because the water is easy to obtain, and we do not have to go through the evil order to obtain it in an improper way. Compared to water, offering flowers is very dangerous, why? You will feel that you have to spend money to buy it, and you may be stingy, and after offering flowers, you will be slow because "I offer this flower", and it will completely dye the eight winds of the world.

Therefore, compared to water, flower offerings are more dangerous. If you don't have any lack of pleasure, then the great offering is good.

Because water has eight merits, and since there are eight merits, there are eight kinds of good fortune for offering water, and how the eight kinds of good fortune are accumulated, I won't go into detail here. There are eight types of merits for water supply, such as being clear, clean, soft, and not hurting the throat. If you go to water with the idea of having these eight merits, each of them has a relative merit and good fortune, for example, water doesn't hurt your throat, so you won't get sick in the future; Because it's very soft, your heart will also be soft, peaceful, kind, and so on, and offering water will have these merits, and the good fortune will correspond.

As for how the water is supplied? When making an offering, don't say that you are pouring water down like a beggar, this is not okay, but respectfully pour water into the offering cup in a container. When pouring water, start with a small amount, then gradually increase to medium-large, then small (when the water is almost full, pour a small amount slowly).

Don't pour it all at once, pour it slowly, pour a little more water in the middle, fill it up a little, don't let the water spill out, do it very solemnly. When we pour water, we can't fill it up, because if it overflows, it will become the cause of evil wisdom, so we can't let it be full, and it's not right to pour half of it, but we have to pour it just right.

It is important to note that the purpose of the offering is to make the Three Jewels happy, not to make the offerings. Because the offering is to make the Buddhas happy, we have to be as careful as possible and do it in the same way that the Three Jewels will rejoice. If the Three Jewels are not happy, no matter how many things you offer, you just put some things over there, not to offer them.

So, the most important thing is to make the Three Jewels happy. For example, if you put some flowers on the offering table, it is just an ornament, not an offering. "Offering" means to make the Buddha happy in Tibetan, so how to make the Buddhas happy is the best offering.

Since I mentioned that making the Buddhas happy is the best offering, I would like to be careful to tell you that following the teachings is the best offering, because the Buddhas are most happy to practice the teachings, and if you can practice bodhichitta well, then that is the best offering, and there is nothing that the Buddhas are most happy about.

Someone asked, "I'm poor and I don't have any offerings to offer, so don't I make offerings?" "It's not like that! Because there is no limit to the offering, there is no limit to the offering. If we have faith and understanding, there is no limit to our offerings. There are two types of offerings, those with and without one.

What does it mean to put a glass of boiled water in front of the Buddha? In fact, there is nothing to pay attention to, but when we put a glass of water in front of the Buddha every day, we are reminding ourselves to keep our daily mentality like this glass of water, so transparent and calm. Be a man of fairness and kindness.

If you chant the sutras and chant the Buddha every day, the blessing of the Buddha is in this cup of clear water, which is also the holy water you begged for, and this cup of water can be drunk.

A popular water supply cup.

Regarding the material of the water supply cup, it must be the best crystal product. The world's ores must hide strange stones. Strange stones must not hide their bodies, so there are such dazzling jewels as crystal stones.

In this way, the things containing the aura of heaven and earth are offered to the Buddha, and the Buddha naturally accepts them gladly. It's really not good, and it's a good way to replace it with a gold cup. Although the gold cup is taken from the ground, it is obtained by refining one-ten-thousandth of the best, which is really the best of the best, and it will also reflect the sincerity of the Buddha.

However, due to the limitations of objective conditions, it is not possible for all families to have expensive materials such as gold and crystal, so bronze or porcelain can be used instead. Glass is best not used. Such glorious things have nothing to show for themselves, and they are intended to deceive the Buddha.

Then let's talk about the water used in the water cup. This water must not be tap water. The tap water in the pipes is all sterilized, and it would be a bit disrespectful to worship the Buddha with water that has been artificially bleached.

It is best to use rootless water. Rain and dew are all of the highest quality. Otherwise, unpolluted river water and well water can be used instead.