Can I go to the temple to pray on the first day of the twelfth lunar month in 2018? What should I pay attention to?

Can I go to the temple to pray on the first day of the twelfth lunar month in 2018? What should I pay attention to?
Introduction: In our country’s tradition, burning incense and praying for blessings usually requires choosing an auspicious day. So can we go to the temple to pray for blessings on the first day of the twelfth lunar month in 2018? What should we pay attention to? Follow the editor to find out! It is the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018, and the coldest days of winter have arrived. Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website and we will accompany you through the cold winter.
2018 Lunar New Year's Day Calendar Query:
December 1, 2018 (Lunar calendar)
January 6, 2019, Sunday Capricorn (solar calendar)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Marry, travel, start drilling, repair graves, hide treasures, plant, move into new homes, lawsuits, remove mourning clothes, seek heirs, relieve pastoral care, tailor clothing, meridians
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Fasting and praying for blessings, moving and burial Offering sacrifices, erecting pillars, installing doors, building houses, making stoves, releasing water, admitting livestock, building, breaking ground, building embankments, soliciting money, opening markets, seeking wealth, collecting wealth, and taking up office
Based on the above contents of the lunar calendar, we can see that the first day of the twelfth lunar month in 2018 is not a suitable day to burn incense and pray!

What is the meaning of burning incense and praying for blessings?

1. To show sincere and respectful offerings to the Three Jewels, and to demonstrate and guide sentient beings.
2. It means transmitting information to the void Dharma Realm and gaining blessings from the Three Treasures in all directions.
3. It means burning oneself to spread fragrance to all directions, reminding Buddhist disciples to make selfless contributions.
4. It means that the Buddhists' precepts, concentration and true incense have been lit, which contains the silent vow to "diligently cultivate precepts, concentration and wisdom, and extinguish greed, noise and ignorance". The Buddha does not like the big and expensive incense in the world, but he likes the precepts, concentration, truth and incense of his disciples.
It is best to burn three incense sticks. This represents the three non-leakage studies of precepts, concentration and wisdom; it also represents the offerings to the permanent Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. This is the most complete and civilized way of burning incense and offering. It is not the number of incense sticks you burn that matters, but the sincerity of your heart. As the saying goes, "Burn three civilized incense sticks and offer a sincere heart." Generally, it is enough to light three incense sticks in front of the main hall.
After lighting the incense, they should be inserted in the middle of the incense burner. The first incense stick should be inserted in the middle, and you should silently recite in your heart: offering to the Buddha, awakening and not being confused; the second incense stick should be inserted on the right, and you should silently recite in your heart: offering to the Dharma, being righteous and not evil; the third incense stick should be inserted on the left, and you should silently recite in your heart: offering to the monks, being pure and not being tainted.

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