Found this Chinese Newspaper Article on Offering of the First Incense to Deities on Lunar New Year. Very meaningful and Create Alerts to alot of Chinese & Ignorant-blind-followers.
If you are free, please do go thru it.
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Taking step back and listening properly to the doctrines and teachings of the dieties in all the mantras, none of them did mentioned rewards for the first incense for the new year.
ReplyDeleteThere again, whats wrong and whats right? Whats wrong is right and whats right is wrong, the balance of wrongs and rights maintains the essential balance in this universe.
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But nowadays, NO one ever care for the Balancing, most of the People only know of gaining Good & Best Credits for oneself and neglect the Others. This is the Failure part of our Chinese Society & Religious Teaching.
ReplyDeleteTill today, in most of the Countries, including Singapore, most of the Taoist Organisations & Temples encourage Taoists & Chinese to participate in the Snatching of the First Incense, so, can our Taoist Socirty give the Right Teaching to the Fellow Taoists & Chinese? Can they assist Taoism to "Clear" their Name of Ignorance & Low-Class Religion?
We need to ponder over this Issue.
What JAVEWU said is correct and true. Most human are the same , what has religion has to do with it. I always ask myself good or bad time always ask foe forgiveness from god and do what u can to help but not to help to gain more Karma. Now u can see due to bad time most temple, churchs, mosque are full of people asking for help from god. But none in the place of worship's assistant or/and helper teaches those who worship the correct way of offering and prayer. None in this world is low-class nor ignorance abt any religion but the right way in praying.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am wrong or empty headed knowledge of such, if so my apologies to all.
Thanks.
Andy
This is why now, we as the Main Stream & Upright Taoism are here to assist the People to do the Correct Things and Practice the Correct Stuffs despite we are being Put-down by alot of the So-called-Claimed Official Taoist Groups.
ReplyDeleteTaoism belongs to Public, belongs to ALL Chinese & Taoists. If we will to just wait for Certain Groups of People to do Certain Minor Assistances to assist our Precious Taoism, I'm sure, in another 50 years time, our Taoism will be GONE and forget by most of our Descendants.
We shall Unite and Do our Best to Up Bring our Own Roots & Cultures.
True to say that?
心诚则灵。
ReplyDelete对一些人来说，为了抢头柱香，是一种无知、毫无意义的举动。
但是我们是否可从这些信徒的角度去想一想，他们不管风雨，不管人潮拥挤，不怕被香灼伤，在庙门外排了几个小时，为了就是等待庙门打开的那一刻，插上自己的头一柱清香，让自己得到神明的眷顾与加持。
这就是这些信徒对神明诚心的表现。神明是信徒们精神上的寄托，每个人对神明表达自己的愿望都略有不同。
因此，我不认同您所说的这是一种“ ignorant and low class" 的举止。
Hahahahaha.. this is why our Taoism is being classified as the Ignorant & Low Class among All the other Religions.
ReplyDeleteDo ponder over the Qns again, does we need such Action?
Will Deities Blessed such People?
Go thru some of the Taoist Articles & Scriptures that I have post, you might see the Light in them.
You are a person with Strong Affinity with the Religion, I'm sure you will be able to understand... Do your Best.. I'm sure you can :P
ReplyDeletehaha thanks for ur err.. compliments =D i will understand =)
ReplyDeleteWahahahaha.. why err??? Sure Can de la...
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