Chanting as we read the words of the Buddha taught, to understand the meaning and truth out to the right, so that we create wholesome, chanting as well as legal subjects to the karmas (body, speech and mind) is purity.

China is a country with background music from the ancient ceremony, before the time of Confucius (551ttl-478ttl) has business services, Construction, Letter, Mass, Music and Confucius wrote the book Spring and Autumn, who called it the Clerk of business. Music Festival and China nonetheless influential Buddhist Music Festival, using drum, bell, while Mo Buddhist ceremony, called Ritual Chant opening chapter, the purpose of helping those who attended the ceremony, Journal of recitation, more dignified.

Meaning

Bell always to the left of the Buddha or Bodhisattva, gong right. Person called Duy na bell, gong knockers Browse called them.

Bell sounding deposited, the night listening to our inner ring deposited, serenity, negativity seems to dissipate. Inside the temple bell verse as follows:

May the general testing ultra sound legal world, 

Set the period of gloom all documents, 

Van ceiling pure notary, 

Circuit set beings to enlightenment.

Verse reads when they hear:

Van common afflictions silent contempt, 

Head Bodhi wisdom born, 

Ly Hoa Khanh export Hell 

Prayer of the Buddha. beings 

Caustic Truths Out Ta Da Ba Ha (3 times)

(That is: May this bell rang everywhere, in Hell overcast Setting range is also heard on earth is pure attained, all beings to enlightenment and frustration following poem: Listen to the bells , negativity milder, more intellectual growth, Bodhi consciousness, leaving hell, no burning hell fire, a Buddhist prayer for all the living beings)

In the temple there is a verse again for tons of monks and nuns practice:

 General Van ngọa any launch, 

Golf guardian angels, 

Show how blessed silver charm, 

Towing bar life itself.

(Ie: Located hear the bell but not up, making the protective deity angry, less blessed in life fate, life to become a solid body).

So the bell is very important, again while chanting, bells signal the participants learned about to pass recite another, ending a prayer, or shelf, began to bow down and standing up rhythmically. Some of the texts have long planned for the bell to awakening while chanting. 

Ceremonial

After the table was prepared for Buddhist incense, lamps, fruit, sometimes the bell will ring 6, which means keeping the six senses to pure chanting. Each residence ceremonial leader, sometimes a bell, when the owner down prostrate, sometimes a bell and the ceremonial leader forehead touches the floor of the main hall bell press (use the stick on the rim and then keep punching bells ringing on coronary bell, like the sound of the bell rang out). When you hear the tone press the ceremonial leader, as well as all the participants stand up.

After bowed, began to ring gong as follows:

Bell appeal before: 

Mo after the bell ended type: - - - - - - - (four hours left, the next two hours in a row, the last one hour apart)

Then tie the bell gong as follows: * - * - * - - - - *

Visiting a gong bell sound and the next one hour, three hour stop ringing enough to wait, open the extra hours Wednesday, Thursday and six hours in a row, and then press the bell gong along with Saturday hours.

Whenever started at all Kinh, all Notes or pallets, wooden bell started hitting 2 hours, 4 hours, and the next, for example:

Declaration Business

Dharma subliminal very mysterious ...

 Mo continue to beat for beat them, until the last sentence was about 5 or 7 hours, beaten and relaxed before the final hour, gong hit two consecutive hours as follows: 

... Truth means Tathagata understands deeply.

Or such as:

... Pure customs agency we Bodhisattva Ma Ha Tat!

Bell also recite every termination or Bodhisattva Buddha's name will sometimes a bell, so that people will know to pass the name of Buddha or Bodhisattva other in long texts, sometimes so at the end of a bell. Terminate each post Economics, shelf or attach, ringing in time to 3 hours to 5 hours, 3 hours and hours until, as follows:

... Truth means Tathagata understands deeply.

We should remember that, gong to keep pace chant for them, gong type fast or slow depending on what you assume the ceremony, the proceedings of this slow, slow gong to type, the faster these proceedings, gong to go fast, since all Notes by no means should always chant faster, faster gong to type all or shelf Beijing, when Reciting the Buddha's name 30 times or on them, you assume the anniversary celebration will quickly fade fast typing. When all prayer ceremony for not tapping the gong.

The bell is very important to the proceedings, to tell the person to know the ending prayer, about to move on to recite the Buddha or Bodhisattva next. The bell must pay attention to see when you are visiting a clinic owners ceremony bells, recite the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, or attach, you assume the anniversary celebration will take them 3 times, 7 times, 10 times, 21 times, depending ... case, so it should be mentioned, see your new residence owners bell ceremony. Ever the Trading Post, Shelf, attach ending, you assume the ceremony will chant, recite slowly, gradually loosen up, gong which type slowly, the bell ringing attention from time to 3 hours on the 5th, 3rd and last (if known).

While tapping the gong wrong or beat too fast or too slow, or punching the bell ringing again, tap the rhythm bell chant, you assume the anniversary of the festival, the type gong that typing angle to the right.

Upon termination of the business, the bell will appeal 1 and 3 hours left in the final, symbolizing the three now always be kept pure. Layman chanting at home, alone, alone, Rite gong bell is the same. Only the bell and gong to agree how to manually type the gong, bell the other hand, is not necessarily the same as on the other has to say. While kneeling chanting, the bell gong to have to cross the elbow, and sat down, the bell gong to have background Sanctum, so new gong for convenient typing.

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While litigation, in addition to your owners ceremony, bells, Mo is very important, so are gong to keep pace ever, thanks to the participants know all proceedings bell ending, moving recite, or the Buddha, bowing down , stand up rhythmically, making solemn atmosphere purification. Each of us needs to know Ceremonial opening chapter to use, even when litigation alone, but for the rite will be solemn chanting, even the more.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/3/2015.