MEANING OF BUDDHA ablution ritual.                                

Bathing the Buddha was a minister. That Buddha is always accompanied by a profound sense, such chanting is not to pay all heard or read the Buddha, but to repeat to belong and gradually understand the Buddha's teachings.

Ablution ritual MEANING OF BUDDHA

Every year, on the 8th day of the fourth month, the temple has Buddha Bathing ceremony. A newborn Buddha Shakyamuni, a pointing sky, land only one hand, placed in a bowl of water sprinkled with fragrant flowers. Buddhists lined along, I sang the shelves uncle had bathed before Buddha, scoop a spoonful of water on Buddha images processing. Buddhist ritual bath mean?

Bathing the Buddha was a minister. That Buddha is always accompanied by a profound sense, such chanting is not to pay all heard or read the Buddha, but to repeat to belong and gradually understand the Buddha's teachings.

Likewise, Buddha Bathing ritual involves two main meanings:

One is according to legend, when Buddha was born, offering Brahma nine dragons scented spray down rain bathed. Buddha Bathing Ceremony is to reiterate that legend.

Two is the etiquette carries a metaphorical sense sublime. Buddha Dharma body of pure capital, we need to do to have a bath. The truth is borrowed bathed to wash the interior to find the luminous nature of mind. Each of us has chon or Buddha nature, but the three poisons of greed, anger, ignorance obscures, should not be manifest. When standing in front of the Buddha-like inner face, we have the opportunity to observe the inner intelligence. Ladle a spoonful of pure water from the Buddha's shoulder watered down, if interested we can take the concept of prayer to take this concept a pure water stream that passes; if pleased with anger then let clean waters of this book; if your mind has delusion, ignorance is voluntary for pure water makes the mind open, enlightened. As a human being, no one perfect round. Purity of mind, in light helps us see what mistakes, wrong by themselves, speech made ​​to repent, change gradually sublimated.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTFOLD PATH.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.4/8/2014.