Offering of Incenses to Deities (祝香之簡介)

 

Offering of Incenses to Deities

Offering of incenses, there are a lot of ways to do that, in here, I will like to share with you all two of the ways.

Usually for normal devotees, they will just light the incenses, kneel in-front of the Altar or Deities, make their requests and then offer the incenses into the urn.

Here, I will share with you all a more different way of offering incenses – by reciting the “Offering Incenses Incantation” or called “Zhu Xiang Shen Zhou (祝香神咒)”.

Version 1 - Sending Requests to the Deities of the Nine Heavens Directly

Step One:

After lighting the incenses (three sticks), kneel in-front the altar or the Deities, pay your respect sincerely, make a simple bow and then recite the following Incantation:

《祝香神咒》Zhu Xiang Shen Zhou

道由心學　心假香傳 Dao You Xin Xue, Xin Jia Xiang Chuan　
香爇玉爐　心存帝前 Xiang Re Yu Lu, Xin Cun Di Qian
真靈下盼　仙旆臨軒 Zhen Ling Xia Pan, Xian Pei Ling Xuan　
今臣關告　逕達九天 Jin Chen Guan Gao, Jing Da Jiu Tian

For the last sentence, if you are not a Priest or Spiritual Leader, you shall recite it as:

今民關告　逕達九天 Jin Min Guan Gao, Jing Da Jiu Tian

Step Two:

After reciting, respectfully rise from where you kneel down, gently place the incenses into the urn. And then make your request(s) accordingly.

Version 2 –Sending Requests to Deities Via different Heavens

Step One:

After lighting the incenses (three sticks), kneel in-front of the altar or the Deities, pay your respect sincerely, make a simple bow and then recite the following Incantation:

《祝香神咒》Zhu Xiang Shen Zhou

道由心學　心假香傳 Dao You Xin Xue, Xin Jia Xiang Chuan　
香爇玉爐　心存帝前 Xiang Re Yu Lu, Xin Cun Di Qian
真靈下盼　仙旆臨軒 Zhen Ling Xia Pan, Xian Pei Ling Xuan　
今臣關告　逕達三天 Jin Chen Guan Gao, Jing Da San Tian

For the last sentence, if you are not a Priest or Spiritual Leader, you shall recite it as:

今民關告　逕達三天 Jin Min Guan Gao, Jing Da San Tian

This Mantra is to send one’s request to the Deities around the First 3 Heavens.

Step Two:

Place the First Incense into the Urn as shown below:



Step Three:

Left with 2 Incenses, back to where you kneel down, pay your respect sincerely, make a simple bow and then recite the following Incantation:

《祝香神咒》Zhu Xiang Shen Zhou

道由心學　心假香傳 Dao You Xin Xue, Xin Jia Xiang Chuan　
香爇玉爐　心存帝前 Xiang Re Yu Lu, Xin Cun Di Qian
真靈下盼　仙旆臨軒 Zhen Ling Xia Pan, Xian Pei Ling Xuan　
今臣關告　逕達六天 Jin Chen Guan Gao, Jing Da Liu Tian

For the last sentence, if you are not a Priest or Spiritual Leader, you shall recite it as:

今民關告　逕達六天 Jin Min Guan Gao, Jing Da Liu Tian

This Mantra is to send one’s request to the Deities around the Second 6 Heavens.

Step Four:

Place the Second Incense into the Urn as shown below:

Step Five:

Left with 1 Incense, back to where you kneel down, pay your respect sincerely, make a simple bow and then recite the following Incantation:

《祝香神咒》Zhu Xiang Shen Zhou

道由心學　心假香傳 Dao You Xin Xue, Xin Jia Xiang Chuan　
香爇玉爐　心存帝前 Xiang Re Yu Lu, Xin Cun Di Qian
真靈下盼　仙旆臨軒 Zhen Ling Xia Pan, Xian Pei Ling Xuan　
今臣關告　逕達九天 Jin Chen Guan Gao, Jing Da Jiu Tian

For the last sentence, if you are not a Priest or Spiritual Leader, you shall recite it as:

今民關告　逕達九天 Jin Min Guan Gao, Jing Da Jiu Tian

This Mantra is to send one’s request to the Deities around the 9 Heavens.

Step Six:

Place the Last Incense into the Urn as shown below:



Step Seven:

Back to the position where you kneel down, this time round, no need to kneel down, simply make a bow in-front of the Deities, move one step backward and leave the altar.

And the whole pay respect ritual ends here.