It was heart-warming to see that, a lot of our Friends, Taoists and Family Members had came all the way from all over the Singapore to join in this Requesting of Blessing for the Sufferings & Pass-ons in Japan.
Jave could say that, the Ceremony was a Successful-one and Million Thanks to All the Supports from All the various Temples, Sintuas, Taoist Groups and Friends.
On the 26 March, a Saturday, Jave arrived at Telok Blangah Tian Gong Temple (新加坡天公廟) at about 8.00Am in the Morning to do the necessary Preparation and Set-up for the Ceremony, by 9.00Am, Taoist Bro Royce arrived at the Temple to assist in the final preparation and by 10.15Am, a Reporting Ritual was being conducted.
At 10.30Am, Ruihe & Gerald arrived at the Temple with the Items that I requested them to buy for the Ceremony and at 10.45Am, Vabien arrived with the Paper-offerings.
By 11.00Am sharp, we All started our Ceremony for the Requesting of Blessing for the Sufferings and Pass-on in Japan’s Earthquake that took place 3 weeks again. This is also the Common-timing for All the other Overseas’ Taoists that join-in for this Requesting of Blessing Ceremony.
During the Chanting, All Taoists, Friends & Members from various Temples & Sintuas had arrived at the Temple to send their Regards and Blessings to the Needy Beings. Due to Jave was engaged in the Ceremony, Jave was not able to guide them along, so Royce & Gerald were there to assist them in the Honouring.
By 12.00Noon, after the 1st & 2nd rounds of Chanting on Qing Jing Jing (清靜經) & Yu Shu Bao Jing (玉樞寶經), a short interval break was given to the Chanting Group and this was the time that I could talk to our Friends & other Members.
By 1.30Pm, the 3rd round of Requesting of Blessing began. It took about an Hour before the last round, which was Requesting of Sins & Debts to be Cleared-off by Jade Emperor of Heaven for the Forgiving of Evil-doings (玉皇宥罪大天尊). During this Session, Gerald was there to requesting Blessing for the Sufferings from Di Mu Yuan Jun (地姆元君) aka Mother Earth & Royce was there to requesting Blessing from Yu Huang You Zui Da Tian Zun.
While Jave was doing the last part of Requesting of Blessing for the Sufferings, Vabien, Gerald, Ruihe & Royce were there to enhance All the Paper-offerings that needed to be Send-off for the Sufferings (see Pics 28 - 34).
After then, Vabien was being advised by Lord Pu Hua (九天應元雷聲普化天尊) to prepare the Jiu Feng Run Jing Cleansing Water (九鳳潤津破穢淨水) and Ruihe chosen by Lord Tai Yi (太乙十方尋聲救苦天尊) to prepare the Shi Fang Gan Lu Salvation Water (十方甘露救苦聖水) – (see Pics 36 - 38).
The whole Ceremony ended at 4.45Pm, just before the Sun started to Set-off.
After the Sending-off, the Lighting of the Last round of Lamps was being done. Jave was there to assist in Evoke the Blessing Energies from Dou Mu Yuan Jun (斗姆元君) & San Guan Da Di (三官大帝), whereas Vabien to assist in Evoking the Positive Fire Energies to Light the Lamps (四品火官火德真火).
In here, I will like to use this Opportunity to Thank those who had come to participate in this Ceremony and also, to those who had helped out in the Chanting, Folding of Blessing Lotus and Lighting of Lamps for the Sufferings.
In total, we had over 70 Blessing Lotus being folded and Send-off for the Requesting of Blessing for the Sufferings, thanks to our Taoist Brother & Sisters from He Bi Shan Temple (何碧山宮眾道門大哥及大姐), Dharma Sister from Tian Gong Temple (天公廟佛門大姐) and the Descendants of the Tan & Lee Clan of Wan Shou Shan (萬壽山陳氏及李氏家族後裔).
Thanks to Taoist Bro Jerry Ong from Long Guan Dian (新加坡龍觀殿) & Taoist Bro Royce Tan from Tong Shan Tang (新加坡童善堂), in assisting in the Chanting & Requesting Blessing for the Sufferings.
In the following are the List of Temples, Sintuas & Members that had contributed and assist in making this Ceremony a Successful-one:
1 - Telok Blangah Tian Gong Temple & Members (新加坡天公廟全體善信)
2 – He Bi Shan Temple & Members (新加坡何碧山宮全體善信)
3 – Long Guan Dian & Members (新加坡龍觀殿全體善信)
4 – Tong Shan Tang & Members (新加坡童善堂全體善信)
5 – Jia Fu Jing & Members (新加坡嘉福境全體善信)
6 – Jurong East Feng Shan Si & Members (裕廊東鳳山寺全體善信)
7 – Tian Xuan Long Zhen Wan Fa Tan & Members (天玄龍真萬法壇全體善信)
8 – TBA & Members (TBA全體人員)
9 – Taoist Priest Max (Max道長)
10 – Taoist Teacher Bro Matt (Matt 道師)
11 – Japanese Taoist Researcher Miss Kaori Fushiki
12 – Taoist Bro Kelvin Ang & Family
13 – Taoist Bro Huang TJ
14 – Aunty Catherine & Family
15 – Descendants of the Tan & Lee Clan of Wan Shou Shan (萬壽山陳氏及李氏家族後裔)
16 – All Members of Long Shan Men (正一龍山門全體弟子)
17 – and Those(Temples/Sintuas/Priests) who have contributed but Don’t Want their Names to be shown
For High Res Pictures, please proceed to this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/446912996/pic/list
Million Thanks to Vabien for sharing with us the new set of Photos.
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