The meaning and effect of worship. |
Vietnam idiom that says: "
Worship is easy, it's hard to keep the
feast , "Together let us explore
the meaning subject and the effects of worship.
First, we must understand
how the holidays? What is worship?
Mass , according to Vietnamese Glossary of Linguistic
Institute of Vietnam, the rules must comply with the worship of ancestors,
spirits, or in social relations. Speaking broadly easier to understand, these are
certain rules of the way, walking, speaking of view, marriage, Tang,
International, to show reverence and includes polite greetings together to
express the friendly acquaintances. It was a special means to cause emotional.
Persons
under the above without having to know the lack of respectful greeting.
The unknown
in response to the greeting of the people below, often reputation for being
bossy, disdainful.
Bai is the reverence expressed in the form, meaning bow,
by humbling ourselves before the Lord that his wise reverence. Vandana in Sanskrit is
worship, ship-board radio services is negative, also called Hoa men, or called
Na-size All-la-up. This means that the reverence expressed in the form,
the ritual manner to form bow to bow before the ancestors, Holy Lord that I have
put my trust towards embraced, like Lord Buddha, Holy current home, as Lord
ancestors, parents, teachers organizations etc ..
Worship as a direct means to represent the will reverence,
gratitude for the gift and newspapers in order to become useful people in
society, to fulfill the duty of children to concrete and worthy goal a disciple
of the Noble Lord. Worship was a religious approach to eradicate heart
conceit high drain, eliminate negativity, karma.
Ritual worship is a
common belief in some Eastern religions. Origin, worship denotes obedience, reverence
for the great supernatural power, gods that people worship. Gradually, depending on
the development of every religion that has different meanings in the way of
worship. Here, we can not compare all forms of ritual that
only limited understanding of how to worship Confucianism and Buddhism
only.
Vietnam Traditionally,
the majority of our people are deeply influenced by Confucian and Buddhist.
Therefore,
each people are influenced not by worshiping at the two religions. Ancient kings were
clearly defined, each worshiping people as king, the, gentle spirit, family
shrines must be applied in the manner of Confucian and Buddhist worship the sun,
Hien St., ancestors, grandparents etc .. must be applied in the manner of
Buddhism.
How Lord of Confucianism,
first man to stand upright is typical for the reputation of the artist who.
Two archers
hand is typical for the courage of the Saints. Before bowing, hands archers put on the
forehead, put next to right, then take the left is typical for financial Tam
(Heaven, Earth and People). When bowed, hands on her knees archer his right foot
and left foot knelt down before the typical reverence without losing the
position of authority who befriended artist. Bowed to the ground is typical for the level
of respect they bowed. That is the way and the general sense of worship
according to the Confucian concept.
Worship according to the
Buddhist concept is somewhat different in the way of meaningful as compared with
Confucianism. As for the meaning and value of worship was a lot of
discussion mentioned. Buddhist conception, because the kindness
immeasurable devotion, boundless wisdom of the Buddhas that Buddhists have
expressed his sincere form of worship and follow the example of the Buddha,
monks consecrated to happy healthy development, career progress of spiritual
gain wisdom as his liberation. In respect of causation, the "glass master teacher
will be done."
The worship is to
eradicate the practice of high culverts, conceit - human nature we always pride
always proud, cocky swagger, see the "I" is the center of his universe .
That's bad
qualities make people bored, alienated consumed merit. We are aware of this, as
I do not myself see the match him, know his lowly virtue glass should be
worshiped Buddha, Bodhisattvas and honorable ranks to eliminate ego, the mind
naturally arrogant nature Chronic slowly disappear. In addition, the practice
of worship is also fundamental that Buddhists to practice diligently to release
the karma that we have done to create life from many lifetimes. In Buddhism, there are
many ways to worship.
According to the
University of the Western Road, vol 2, states: India has nine ways worship
called "Bamboo Nine West Comfort". Nine ways to worship it as follows:
1. Spokesman Lt. problem ceremony: Open preface questions. 2. Prime Minister competition feast: indicate your head reverently. 3. Bachelor of defense Hamlet holidays: Give high bowed hand salute. 4. Attorney Association jar holidays: Take arms, hello. 5. Beyond all holidays: Bend the knees bent. 6. School holidays kneeling: Kneeling sprawl. 7. Prime location on all holidays: Hands and knees to kneel close. 8. Five dead ceremony moral question: In size shrinks. 9. Five ceremony to first place: In bulk soil sown.
In the Lotus Sutra, we
find a passage describing the ceremony on the way: "Or have people worshiping
There's only hands in a show of hands Until Someone to bow to Buddha offerings will see countless Buddhas Enlightenment Supreme Self. "
Apart from Lord above
nine, the Indians still worship many different ways, depending on the customs of
every place where there are differences in the way each other as Prostrating
stand a foot bow (Conservation celebration ceremony) ; a step holidays a bow
(Run apartment holidays); bowing ceremony a noise and went three rounds on the
right hand side of the Buddha or stupa (Being rude interference triangle);
ceremony by
sitting bow bow (Ta holidays). As for Buddhism in Vietnam, mostly Buddhist methods
are applied to the first five sites (in stature the ground) while worshiping.
This is a
typical method for highly revered mind the most beautiful in the way of worship.
When
worship, the first Buddhist to stand upright before the solemn Buddha and legs
close together to regain peace of mind and purity, while testing end to the mind
not perturbed thoughts. At that moment, his eyes looking up Buddha, visualize
the general good and contemplate the noble virtues of the Buddha, to express
their true aspirations so eager to prove Buddhism. Two hands clasped
indicative united body and mind to speak the most reverent attention to your
arms and chest are typical sense Press Center. Put up his hands between the legs you (court
appointed gathered mi) to show reverence and represents the significance of its
wish to be informed solution to the Buddhas, then initiate the "Quick staggered
emptiness citizenship ceremony, touch direct delivery from the incredible
difficulties, try ashrams fall as European empire, the Buddhas image is centered
... "and worshiped according to the first principles of the five sites -" Early
to continue the specified network interface ceremony ". Palms up like a blooming
lotus flower, I imagine the Buddha standing on a lotus flower made out of his
hands and put his forehead on the soles of the feet of the Buddha, while lying
down MOP to denote the respectful attention of regulation threshold,
refuge.
Buddhists believe that,
in addition to the Buddhists worship Buddha, Bodhisattva monks, monks Hien Thanh
Tang also have thick Memorial High kindness of his life and vow to carry him
towards the religious vocation so-called rules ceremony network.
In the First Increase
Agama Buddha taught: "Kamma before the ceremony was
no mistake First Door liberation empty This is the meaning Buddha Buddha If people want The past and future measures should be consistent empty This is the meaning Buddhist ceremony. "
Human excess Buddhist
worship divided into 7 a bow. Seven ways worshiped by his Tripitaka Lac Na Shamans
division, in France Uyen Chau Lam policy stating the cause and circumstances why
should split 7 how this bow:
1.
Self-friendly
holidays : That is bowing to the
center of conceit, arrogance center. The Lord Buddha or Lord grandparents, ancestors
because circumstances forced the ceremony, but their hearts do not want to bow,
so they bowed haughtily gesture, haughty, not at all polite reverence both.
Or hope that
people rely ruling, ashamed when greeting people less alone, to not rely on
ritual propriety. Despite worship but run external center. Earlier they worshiped
the ground and they do not stand up for past negligence story. They are afraid of
losing face with friends and afraid of dirty clothes, so was forced to worship
style from conceit to blame his friends who disloyalty, unjust, unfaithful,
disloyal. How Lord is called pride festival.
2.
Demand list
ceremony : That is the name of
the Lord Chorus graphics. Those who seek them for the fame, power strip
through the attention and praise of their superiors, as well as to please the
masses to be supported; when superiors as they crowded diligent people
prostrating to commend themselves as ethical diligence. Actually, they do not
mind a bit of credit to both; coarse debris posture, body and mind lies reverence.
Seeing the
light itself sampling, the mind goes, the body tired, lazy lazy in prostration.
The way the
Lord called upon the name of the ceremony.
(The Lord has shown the
way on the action lies, where people can not morally righteous. The reason Lac
Na Shamans yet is aimed at preventing us).
3.
Body Mass reverently
mind : That is the prostrate body and mind to
express them reverently. Do not think the body and mind of respect to the
other, offering the honorific not bored enough. Prostrated by the
fervency of both mind and body lice because they have faith in the prostrate to
the induction of them very easily sympathetic to the Buddhas, the Holy sage,
grandparents ancestors. Body and mind reverently bow basic way in Buddhist
terms of the Minister, or in other words that the formal renunciation and at
home to practice seriously.
Body Mass reverently
mind, but great merit, but really is not the ultimate purpose of worship.
Body and
mind reverent ceremony only a means by which practitioners continue to areas
ordinances of the Holy saint terms of emptiness we feel obstacle.
4.
Play purification ceremony
location : Lord are pure play,
meaning practitioner of meditation to calm the mind arises from the heart at the
feet of the Holy place, rather than intelligence arises from consciousness.
Wisdom
arises from the consciousness of the ordinary place where there is limited by
the base and the ceiling. In contrast, St. location has harnessed round exit
of both. In
the Lord allowed this, one must thoroughly understand that the realm of the
Buddhas are currently out on the feet of pure heart and his mind also arise from
a pure heart. So who worship the Lord Buddha that is, all the
Buddhas of the ten directions unobstructed. Took a bow that is worshiped all the legal
world, because of the Buddha Dharma body through space.
5.
Turn the French border ceremony
enter thou into law around
the world. That is, the Lord allowed this, one must make use of
intellectual self-consistent body, mind and all international law, since the law
does not take time for sex. France gender identity that is the nature of things
turning around the world meet and permanent immortal. French world where
nature is often dwells Buddhas to the embodiment of beings. The practitioner
performs this bow is contemplating his own body and mind where the variable
nature of the legal world into things a text message, like doctors use X-rays
(X-ray) is very large projection on the body Human and energy X-rays penetrating
through the body without obstruction. That is worshiped by the method of variable ceremony
enter the legal world.
6.
Chief customary
ceremony O chief means
consistent self-reflection Buddha's own mind no other coastal scenes.
In
allowing this shop, he should prostrate to the Buddha himself right where his
heart, not charming Buddha else, because all human beings from time immemorial,
are available Buddhahood fulfillment, equality, foot feeling.
7.
It minister ceremony
equality : equality minister, O
true meaning of this holiday lets, he should use wisdom true reflection of the
general phenomena are expressed equally, no difference. No ego's secretary, ie
the worship and the Lord did not see her for yourself bow. In other words, the
practice of allowing this ceremony is taking very general intellectual insight
to realize that all things: and my people, and use, and finished no two are all
quiet (as most are). Bodhisattva Manjushri taught: "Power staggered
emptiness citizenship ceremony", that is the nature of the Lord himself and the
nature of man to his bow were all quiet and equality.
(Four ways bow: Play a
pure, non Variable enter the legal world, Chief Minister consistency and
equality It is the practice of the worship of the level of Mahayana Bodhisattva
often practice to enter into the nature of the legal world Buddhas).
Through the prayers in
this way, we see the body and mind reverent ceremony is an important method, the
requisite sense of hospitality, faith to manifest gratitude and grace report.
Body Mass
reverently center means necessary to make a juxtaposition Buddhas and the human
spirit through prayer blessing. This method was prostrated fundamentals of us on the
path of spiritual realization now for the past four ways of the Holy Catholic
ceremony. So we should try to correct legal
practice.
The effects and
benefits of the prostrate in terms of medicine: When kowtow ceremony, all
expenses of the body are athletes, the more focused on the emotional feelings,
deliberate movements, not only can relieve the stress that can make the muscles
relax, blood circulation. During the ceremony, sincere mind, consciousness and
actions are in accordance with the instructions of the spiritual, all the ones
that are healthy and effective disease prevention.
The effects and
benefits of the classic worship Buddha teachings are clearly indicated.
Best
Business A Boost Function, vol 24, has written: Provide glass Buddha merit will
be 5 parts:
1.
Doan chief: That is the worship, often contemplate the face of
the Buddha and the great generals immediately start rejoicing and Development
Center concept dreamed of expectation. Because of conditions that, over the next life they
can enjoy nice presentable physiognomy (Five sliding glass structure spiritual
beings, and evidence Tathagata pure Dharmakaya).
2.
Good silence: That is the worship of my commission hailed the
Buddhas. Because of conditions that hereafter they will be
the clear voice coo good (bar the most Buddhist mindfulness, immeasurable merit
increases. Buddha's the most anti-HA sa cult crime).
3.
Multi-User says: That is the worship often bring flowers, candles,
etc .. to offering the Tathagata. Thanks predestined that after enjoying life's many
treasures money.
4.
Sanh Suppose
Family: The worship center
offers no attachments, hands, knees, even a Buddhist ceremony. Because of conditions
that, life after they were born into a wealthy, aristocratic.
5.
Sanh Compassion divine
origin: That is merit pay
homage to the Tathagata, the prayers will be born in the realm of healing, or
heaven.
In a nutshell, worship
is not vile actions loss of human dignity, evoking the feudal imprint.
In
contrast, worship is a direct sense, a very noble gesture of the living culture.
For the
ancestors, the curious behavior must worship to pay him honor. For St. gentle, true
believers must worship to express humility in practice moral enlightenment.
Sympathetic to worship with superiors and create
material to eliminate all differences separating divisions within organizations.
Worship
created polite and friendly to not split more friends and fewer enemies to
create a peaceful society.
In the trend towards
national cultural roots, we should promote traditional worship as these habits
and customs. Worship is the essence, the beauty of life in the
spiritual and cultural activities. When away from home, work great with older age, when
bereavement until then we'll work with movements worship kneel, stand up
straight, then knelt is necessary to know how it seems! It replaced the words,
speeches, feelings of gab, here called into his heart.
Meaningful worship was
reported you, thank the manner specified threshold towards, as well as to
imitate the noble virtues and will transcendence degree of deference to
practice. The latter expectation worship worthy successor's
career money on the path to enlightenment sufferings of birth and death.
Worship is
a subculture with a deep sense of education, so in every Buddhist indispensable
obligation to worship beautiful comfortable this way.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/4/2015.
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Saturday, 25 April 2015
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