Can cooking oil be used for Buddha?

Yes, before the Buddha, cooking oil was used almost since ancient times.

Generally, the lamp oil used in temples is soybean salad oil or sesame oil. It's good to be convenient and clean. Salad oil, tung oil, common edible oil, ghee and storax oil can all be used as lamp oil for Buddha lanterns. At present, most of the oil lamps in front of the Buddha use salad oil, with less oil smoke.

Matters needing attention and key points of burning lamp:

Light represents the light of self-nature in everyone's heart, with pure precepts as the lampstand, confidence as the wick, compassion as the fuel, wisdom and understanding as the lamp, burning this light of self-nature, so that it can eliminate all ignorance and break the dark and evil laws, and the light will shine on the dharma world and be the "ever-burning lamp"; With Yi Deng burning hundreds of lights, the lights are endless, and the lights shine from generation to generation, which is the "endless light" of the French lights.

Lamp is a symbol of light and wisdom, and it is also one of ten offerings. I hope to ignite the "self-light" in your heart through the explanation and significance of burning the lamp. Lamp is a symbol of wisdom and light; Light is a symbol of light and wisdom, and it is one of the important offerings in Buddhism. Burning a lamp in front of the Buddha is a sign of the wisdom of the Buddha.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lantern Festival