Where should I place the incense burner in my home? How to make offerings at home?

There are various types of incense, which can be mainly divided into end incense and incense sticks.

There are four kinds of incense and petal incense. Sue incense is a powder of fragrant wood; Incense sticks are long strips of incense; Pan incense is made into a ring of incense, which can be lit for a long time; Petal incense is a piece of sandalwood that is split into small pieces.

All four types of incense are suitable for offering to Buddha, but because incense sticks are often mixed with undesirable chemicals, it is best to use incense from natural materials. If you are offering incense sticks to the Buddha, you only need to light one or three sticks, and you don't need to light a large handful of incense, which will turn into pungent air pollution.

There are many types of incense burners, such as the "incense burner" that inserts incense, the "incense burner" that burns incense, the incense burner, and the incense burner, which is easy to clean. In the treatment of the incense burner, there is no special taboo, in order to keep the incense burner clean as the principle, do not let the incense ashes pile up on the Buddha table, and often wipe the incense burner, do not let the incense burner outside the ** greasy and unclean.

In order to express their devotion to the Buddha and Bodhisattva, ordinary people attach great importance to the content of the offerings and the relevant etiquette. In fact, the most important thing to make offerings to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is to nourish the heart, and the main purpose of flowers and fruits is to convey inner respect. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have attained great wisdom do not covet the food and aroma of the world.

Therefore, when it comes to the details of handling offerings, sincerity is the highest principle, as long as the temple and offerings are kept clean.

Believers are required to be sincere in making offerings at home and keep the temple and offerings clean. Usually offerings are made to the gods inside the shrine.

Offerings do not need to be readily available, and can be adjusted according to your actual situation. For example, people who are allergic to incense do not necessarily need to light incense, they can just prepare clean water for the Buddha.

The main thing about the ritual of making an offering is to make an offering to the Buddha before offering flowers, fruits, incense, water or other food, and then to raise the offering to the center of the eyebrows before placing it in front of the Buddha.

Precautions for setting up a Buddhist hall: **Enshrine Buddha and Bodhisattva statues. On the table, there is an incense burner, a clean cup, two vases, often offering flowers, and an electric lamp or oil lamp is installed in front of the Buddha.

Morning and evening homework, burn one or three sticks of incense. After the evening class, you can extinguish the lamp in front of the Buddha, and place several homework books on the table to show the magic weapon. In front of the table are curtained, and one or more prayer stools are placed side by side.

Buddhist couplets and pictures are hung on the wall to promote pure karma. In the morning, a cup of boiling water is offered in front of the Buddha, and it is sprinkled outdoors in the afternoon. The temple must be cleaned daily.

If the house is small, the bedrooms should be separated by curtains or cabinets, and a small part should be used as a Buddhist hall. The statue of the Buddha and Bodhisattva should be simple and purified, and it must not be mixed and undignified.

In fact, it is also very particular when it is placed, you can not face the door or some mirrors, you can choose a good place to place, and you can also put some tributes on incense on a regular basis.

It should be placed in a shady place, without strong light, and kept upright, and then placed in front of the Buddha statue, and such a place can be divided into a special place at home.

The correct way to place the incense burner should be in combination with the object of your worship and the right placement is the best; For example, it is necessary to combine the size and level of the object to be enshrined. The furnishings of the Buddhist platform at home are not close to the toilet (the door of the toilet at home should be closed), not facing the kitchen, not on the TV, refrigerator, etc., directly below the air conditioner.

Generally, people will place incense burners in the place of the Buddha statue and the stove at home, if you want to make a better offering to the Buddha, it is best to go to the temple to find professional personnel for guidance, and it is very easy to make mistakes by placing it yourself.

The incense burner should be placed in the center, and if you are offering Buddha at home, you must choose a quiet place, not facing the bathroom and bedroom.

It's best not to put a Buddha statue at home