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#Post#: 2610-------------------------------------------------- |
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Temple Visit Dos and Don'ts |
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By: brightlight Date: June 23, 2024, 2:21 am |
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I will start the ball rolling with |
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1) when you are about to enter the temple grounds, or entrances |
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of the shrine hall that has 3 openings, left, center, right, go |
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in from the left of the temple, meaning, if you are in the |
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temple facing outwards, the left. |
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Traditional Chinese thinking is that the left is the Dragon |
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side, right is the Tiger side. |
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Never enter from the center because that is for the "holy |
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beings" or the monks. |
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2) For the prayer cushion, don't pray at the center, take the |
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left or right of it. It's not for us, it's for the monks |
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conducting the prayer rituals. |
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I don't know why these are not really shared nowadays, so |
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thought of sharing some of these. More to share in next few |
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posts such as |
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1) rotating the charms we have around the incense burner 3 times |
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clockwise |
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2) walking around holy objects/beings 3 times clockwise. |
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3) don't lean on pillars |
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#Post#: 2613-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Temple Visit Dos and Don'ts |
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By: Valen Date: June 25, 2024, 10:16 am |
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How about when exit? |
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Re: Temple Visit Dos and Don'ts |
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By: brightlight Date: June 27, 2024, 8:58 am |
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My bad, got in must have got out. In from that one end, out from |
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the other end, and for the above picture, the other side where |
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there is no arrow indicated, which would be the right side of |
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the temple (person standing in temple facing outwards of temple) |
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#Post#: 2621-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Temple Visit Dos and Don'ts |
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By: brightlight Date: June 27, 2024, 9:02 am |
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If you have your lucky charms such as amulets, bracelets, or |
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even stuff that you want to energize, do swirl them above the |
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incense burner clockwise 3 times. Do it at popular and yang |
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(阳) deity-related incense burner. |
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PS: eg for students, they can swirl their pencil case, books |
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above the incense burner 3 times, clockwise especially if that |
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incense burner is for academic related Deity. |
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