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Vows when going to Huong Pagoda is something you should prepare before going to Huong Pagoda. The Perfume Pagoda Festival is a big festival that attracts a lot of tourists to the festival. People come to Huong Pagoda with the desire to pray for peace, fortune and luck for the whole family. Below are the prayers when going to the incense pagoda Tip has compiled for your reference.

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Perfume Pagoda Festival takes place in Huong Son commune, My Duc district, Hanoi. The sixth day of January is the opening of the festival. The festival usually lasts until the third week of the lunar month. On the occasion of the festival, millions of Buddhists and tourists from all over the world are excited to visit the Perfume Pagoda festival. Journey to a land of Buddha – where Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is currently practicing, to offer him a prayer, a piece of incense, or release his soul to blend with nature in a mountainous area still imprinted with Buddha. . You can refer to some commonly used vows when going to Perfume Pagoda to respectfully pray and offer some small sacrifices to the gods.

1. Vows to Mother Thuong Ngan at Tran Song Temple, Perfume Pagoda

2. Vows to Trinh Temple, Huong Pagoda

(Praying to Thanh Hoang at the Perfume Pagoda)

3. Praying for the Three Jewels at the Perfume Pagoda

4. Vows to the Buddha at the Perfume Pagoda

5. Vows to Monsignor at Perfume Pagoda

6. Notes when going to Huong Pagoda

a. Offering offerings

Offering incense has become an indispensable ritual for any visitor from all over the world when coming to the Perfume Pagoda. Even if people come to “visit the Buddha” in a touristic style, people still offer incense with a little vegetarian ceremony like fruit to offer to Buddha and saints to worship in the Buddha hall.

People who practice religion often say “nothing is not spiritual”, that is, offering incense and worshiping without offerings is not sacred.

In fact, according to Buddhist teachings, sacred or unspiritual is not in the large or small, luxurious or lowly offering, but first of all in the heart of the person offering it. Therefore, offerings, especially offerings to Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and sages at the temple, are first of all with a sincere heart “Spirit is in the self, not spirit is in the self” is also the same. This is true with the Buddhist principle: “All things are created by mind” (all things are created by mind). Therefore, if the mind is pure, everything will be pure, the offerings will only become pure, and the prayers for the Way will only be effective when our mind is pure and effective.

However, people who practice their beliefs still feel uneasy and find it illegal to offer incense to the Buddha but lack offerings to the altar in the Buddha hall and other altars in the temple.

b. Place offerings, burn incense and perform rituals

According to custom, it is done at the altar of the Lord (Monsieur) first. Because the Lord or Monsignor is the ruler of all the affairs of the temple. First of all, it is necessary to burn incense at this altar in order to ask for permission to attend the ceremony at the main hall.
Next, place the ceremony on the incense altar in the main hall, light the lamp, burn incense, ring 3 bells (if it is available, just light an extra incense stick) and on crowded days, there is no need to do the ceremony. bells again) and then make offerings to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

After finishing the ceremony in the main hall, go to burn incense at all other altars.

Finally, the ceremony is held at the ancestral church (the queen’s house).

One thing to note is that in the Buddha ceremony at the main hall there is usually a bowing ceremony.

If you are a pilgrim, you can make three, or five, or nine prostrations to the Buddha. If you know Buddhist mantras (such as Chuan Chuan De, Great Compassion, Ten Mantras), you can recite a few variables and then make a dedication vow. In the case of pilgrims making the most simple Buddhist ceremony, they can bow to the Buddha at the main hall 3 bows and then make a vow with a vow (if you don’t know it, you can hold a paper to read it).

c. Notes when shopping and offering offerings at the temple

To offer incense at pagodas, you should only buy vegetarian offerings such as: incense, fresh flowers, ripe fruits, products, sticky rice…

The preparation of the salty ceremony can only be accepted in the temple area where the saints and Mothers are worshiped. Salty offerings are only offered at the altar of Saints and Mothers, absolutely not in the area of ​​​​Buddha Palace (front), which is the main place of worship of the temple.

The salty ceremony (but usually as simple as chicken, pork rolls, spring rolls, wine, betel nut, etc.) is also often placed at the altar or maybe the shrine (if built separately) of Monsignor – the God who governs the whole thing. the work of a temple mentioned above.

At present, many people go to the temple to buy rituals and often buy votive paper and money from the underworld. It should be remembered that Buddhist teachings do not teach, even advise people not to place votive papers, money in the underworld…; that “burning votive paper, killing the birth certificate… because of that evil mind, the Buddha couldn’t help him”. “Killing living beings” said here is killing poultry, buffalo, cow, pig, chicken … to make offerings), even real money is not placed on the incense of the main hall.

If you go to the temple and put real money in the incense burner, put it on a plate or a fruit tray to worship the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; This is a violation of the customary law of offering offerings at the main hall, losing the purity of worship of the shrine. If you intend to give real money, you should put money and merit gold in the “virtue boxes” located at temples, or meet the temple management or the monks and abbots at the temple to offer. Otherwise, just a fragrant card with a fresh and clean flower plate (or bouquet) is considered enough according to the customary law to enter the temple.

Fresh flowers for the Buddha ceremony are often chosen as lotuses, lilies, peonies, cyclamen … do not use mixed flowers, wild flowers, especially flowers for a long time, even more do not use flowers to worship.

Before the day of offering incense to the Buddha at the temple, people who practice religion need to fast in daily life such as: fasting, abstinence, not drinking alcohol, not saying biased things for others, not fighting. quarrel, quarrel, do not kill living beings…

Always keep in mind the good things for everyone, for the social community, for all sentient beings. People who come to the temple to practice their beliefs, the above things that the faithful can do before coming to the temple door are the most respectful offerings.

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