Season's Buddha's

Meaning Buddha Bathing Ceremony

 

The origin of the Buddha bathing ceremony originates from the area of Buddha's birth, Christmas Legend has it that when the Buddha, there are nine dragons bathing water to spray him. Along with floral water is falling by the gods themselves Buddhist purification. Later, India, monasteries often to a Buddha statue newborn, per day believers can come and visit Wat Buddha took his country to the drizzle as a removal action where Buddhas pollution, as well as themselves. Later unknown exactly what causes this traditional time modification times. In China, in the Tang, Song Dynasty, bathing the Buddha is a very solemn ceremonies, to be held each year on Vesak once born. Especially in Japan, around the year 840, dating Hoa Thua Saturday onwards, every year in April to eight on Buddha bathing ceremony was very solemn celebration in the palace. So, in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Vesak is an extremely important day is called Buddha Birth Association, asked the Buddha, Buddha Restaurant Association, are pointing to celebrate Buddha bathing ritual practice that day. The reason the Buddha bathing ritual Buddhists respect and reverence annual practice because it is a very good method for reflective practitioners. Buddha bathing method is very simple: you up in front of the Buddha birth place between a tub of water, usually a mixture of water by the water taste like pineapple fried scent of sandalwood incense eucalyptus, thriving sandalwood, camphor , musk, electronic herd sheep, cloves, etc. .. You kneel down to worship the Lord three express devotion and humility for newborn Buddha. You can also floral offerings, supplies, pay tribute to his grave. Done you use a spoon to scoop the scent of water, slowly sprinkle over the Buddha himself three times. Each Buddha such as bathing, you should visualize that Buddha also likened his mind and body is so. Sprinkle three tablespoons of water to the Buddha, will wash your hair three evil deeds by body, speech and mind their own creation. If water is the second fragrance bath Buddha, the Dhamma is something that you have to use dirty detergent composition of actions, thoughts and words. But the wonderful thing is Buddha are bathed before birth, which is a baby immaculate purity; after a bath, wash dust, which babies can return to the immaculate purity available. Likewise, actions, words and thoughts of mere mortal how we experience life, accumulating countless bad habits, wrong virtue foolish attachment, causing confusion within us in turbid; nature of this ancient but we have not been contaminated, just like Buddha newborn pure spherical shell. If Dharma used as detergent, bath karmas, that is, if we modify bad habits, except discharge attachment, intelligent mind is emptiness, then we will be able to restore the identity of this ancient purity available. So the key is in the Buddha bathing ceremony we have to be very sincere, Death note, lucid mind, the Buddha bathing ritual would be a means of cunning to win our karma attached. To help focus the most specialized of body, speech and mind, and turn the bathroom into the purge Buddhist karma, the ancient Patriarchs my counsel read the following mantra: eat, go to sa sa, gas mask, hood of coral. With this mantra, if we sincerely chanting would not start delusions our mind, up defilements, and thus naturally supernatural peace. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/4/2014.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).