解冤释结科儀/延生解連科儀分享 The Brief Introduction on the Gai Lian Ritual aka Eliminating the 36 Mistakes that Mortals made

應同道好友之詢問﹐在此分享” 解冤释结三十六連”總符及以下簡介﹕

解冤释结科儀﹐(或)又稱延生解連科儀 – 不同地區有著不同版本的演科法﹐不但如此﹐還會有生及冥兩種科儀 (針對生人及過往人所行的科法)﹐因此得注意其內容﹐等等。

在此科儀中﹐你可能/或會看到以下一些事物﹕

1 – 一只由黑/金色紙折成的烏鴉/火鴉

注﹕此鴉專為改連/解冤所用﹐民間認為此鴉為玄天上帝之手下﹐也有傳說此鴉為馬華光天君所降伏之靈鴉。

在改連/解冤儀式後﹐此鴉會與三十六結(彩色紙條)及改連/解冤疏文一起化掉﹐在化送之前﹐會有一個特別的奉送儀式。

2 – 三十六結﹐代表著三十六種冤﹐厄﹐束縛﹐等等。

注﹕有由彩色紙所剪成的﹐也有用真的彩繩所綁成的。

在一些地方﹐在道長為善信向聖真祈求解冤/解連後﹐會將一個繩結打開或將一條彩色紙條拉斷。

3 – 三十六或一百二十個銅錢 (有些在潤月當年會增加多十個銅錢)

注﹕此為”買求赦罪解連”之錢﹐在每段落完成後﹐道長會將一定數量的銅錢往水中丟﹐以求將一切冤/連/厄﹐由大海之水沖洗調﹐迎來新的福氣/護佑。

4 – 改年/改連/赦罪紙禡

注﹕ 在道長邊行科/向聖真祈求改連/解冤之時﹐一旁的助手/理事人員須不停的分化改年/改連/赦罪紙禡

5 – 十二雙筷子 (潤月當年會增加多一雙)

注﹕寓意”快快”將一切不好的解掉或釋義將不好的一切用筷子夾掉﹐之後丟進水中﹐希望此舉能將厄運由海水沖走。

Introduction on the Official Taoist Gai Lian Ritual aka Eliminating of Offences & Sins (道教科儀改連科簡介)

Last weekend, while Vabien & Jave were invited to attend the Taoist Celebration at Heng San Tua aka Xing Shan Tan (興山壇), Master Koh Chor Hian (興玄道壇許祖賢大道長) had conducted a session of Gai Lian Ritual (赦罪改連補運科) under the “witnessing” of the presence of Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊) at the Celebration Premises.

Vabien was quite interested & fascinated by the very local way of how Master Koh had conducted the Ritual using 36/72/120/130 Ancient Coins (三十六/七十二/一百二十/一百三十個銅錢), 24/36 Chopsticks (廿四/三十六支筷子), a bundle of Gai Nian Paper (改年紙禡) & the method of the Paper, Coins & Chopsticks must be “burnt” together to get the permission for the requesting of the Eliminating of the major 36/48 Offences & Sins that we, Mortal, will committed.

So people might wondered what are the 36/48 major Offences & Sins that we the Mortal will committed, in the following, I will extract a few examples from the Gai Lian Scripture (太上元始天尊說改連妙經);

1 – Reprimanding of the Weather, for example, when the Raining non-stop, some people will “scold” the Rain for being “cruel”, in the scripture described as 疾風驟雨咒罵穢

2 – Do not bother to support the Parent when they are old or poor, in the scripture described as父母孤貧全不顧

3 – Encouraging couple to divorce, force family to discard the bonds, making rumours of breaking up the relationship of relatives, fighting against siblings, in the scripture described as棄親向疏罪非輕

Above are the 3 common Offences or Sins that Mortal might committed.

So who is the main Deity In-charge of this Scripture/Ritual?

Firstly, this Ritual must be done with the presence of Jade Emperor of Heaven.

Secondly, as we can see in the Cover-page of this Scripture, it’s being explained by Supreme Lord Yuan Shi (元始天尊) and later was being handed-over to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (張祖天師) for the promoting of it in the Mortal Realm.

So when is the best timing to conduct such Ritual?

Of cos it will be best to be conducted during major or Grand Official Taoist Celebration, if not, will b on the Manifestation Anniversary of Jade Emperor of Heaven or during End of Year Ritual that is conducted for the requesting of Good Blessing for the new Lunar Year.

Does this Ritual only dedicated to Mortal?

Not necessary. To be more accurate, this Ritual can be conducted dedicated to Pass-on Ancestors, Family Members or even other Beings.

So what are the Items/Offerings needed for this Ritual?

As mentioned above, those items are a MUST and for those who are not attending the Ritual conducted by Official Taoist Priests can also prepare the following items for Self-honouring, they are;

1 – Gai Nian Paper aka Eliminating of Offences (改年紙禡)

 

2 – She Zui Paper aka Eliminating of Sins (赦罪紙禡)

3 – San Guan Ku Qian aka San Guan Coffer Paper (三官庫錢)