What’s the point of worshiping Buddha?

1. Walk clockwise in the temple to worship Buddha. After entering the temple door, you should not walk straight in the center. You should walk along your left arm while advancing or retreating.

2. When entering the temple, try not to walk in the middle. Go up the edge of the stairs, with men on the left and women on the right. When entering, try not to walk through the main entrance, because the abbot gate always enters through the main entrance during morning and evening classes, and novice monks Wait to enter through the side door, so in order to be consistent with the temple, everyone should try to enter through the side door.

Men should be on the left and women should be on the right. When women go in, they should try to put their right foot forward. When going out, they should also go out through the side door. Don't step on the threshold (generally the threshold of the temple is very high). When entering the temple gate, do not step on the threshold.

3. The heart should be pious, vegetarian, and the hands should be clean; do not make loud noises or talk irrelevant "nagging" in the temple, do not point your fingers at the Buddha statues, and do not make loud noises or talk without boasting. Damn it, don't step over the futon.

4. When you go to a Taoist temple to make a wish, you must fulfill it. Come back after a year when your wish comes true. Just go in and ask someone for the method. If you don’t make a wish and just pray, there is no need. Generally, temples do not require you to repay your vows, but you'd better make a wish to do some good deeds. Just make a wish to prompt your own wish.

5. Do not pick flowers and fruits within the scope of the temple's management without the consent of the temple, or take offerings and other objects without permission. This is also wrong behavior. Even "stealing from all directions" will result in retribution.

6. Temples usually have scriptures as gifts. Don’t forget to invite a few. Is there anything in the world that is more precious than scriptures?

7. The scripture amulets you invite should not be used casually. For placement, a clean bookcase should be placed. When having sex, there must be no Buddhist sutras, amulets and other dharma objects in the room, because amulets and the like are used to protect the law and the body, and they will not be effective if they are contaminated with evil spirits. This is important to remember.

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Notes on worshiping Buddha:

Incense should not be called "buy" but should be called "please". Invite your own incense, and you cannot have others pay for it.

It is best to light incense with your own fire (three sticks are enough, no need to burn a lot), facing the door of the main hall (now, in order to prevent fire, it is generally not allowed to burn incense in the main hall) ), hold three green incense sticks lightly with both hands (left hand on top for men, right hand on bottom, and vice versa for women), and suddenly lift it upward, the burning fire will be extinguished immediately, and must not be blown out with your mouth

Going into the temple to burn incense means lighting your own inner incense. Lighting a lamp means lighting your own inner lamp. At this time, you can receive the blessings of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and gain wisdom and so on. So you can burn one branch, you can burn two branches, and you can burn three branches at most. One respects the Buddha, one respects the Dharma, and one respects the monks.

When you go to the temple to burn incense, you can bring it yourself or buy it from outside, but generally there are incense in the main hall, so you can use it directly. If financial conditions permit, you can put some merit in the merit box. If you have trouble with money, don't worry, Bodhisattva will not blame you. Even if you worship Buddha, you will have merit.

The middle of the mat in the temple is used by family members to worship Buddha. Men in the family use the left one to kneel and worship, and women use the right one.

Baidu Encyclopedia: Worshiping Buddha