Dajana K.
Visit the temple and pay homage Buddha
The incense sticks are always available in larger bundles. You take three of them and light them on the candles everywhere. The sticks should glow but not be on fire. If the flames don't go out on their own, shake the sticks briefly. Then only the tips glow and a thin plume of smoke spreads its scent.
Then you take the smoking sticks in your respectfully joined hands and lift them so high that the glowing tips are over your head. Now you first turn to the altar and bow slightly. Then you turn in all directions and bow each time. You shouldn't forget the sky either: So stretch up briefly and bow down into the depths. You have communicated your wishes to all directions.
Then stick the incense sticks in the bronze basin with the sand. You can repeat this in front of every hall, i.e. wherever there is a bronze basin or an altar. But it is also sufficient if you only do this in front of the main hall.
But sometimes you have a favorite Buddha that you want to turn to with a special prayer. If after all the rituals there are still incense sticks left, you can put them on the altar or next to the bronze cauldron.
Visit the temple and pay homage Buddha
The incense sticks are always available in larger bundles. You take three of them and light them on the candles everywhere. The sticks should glow but not be on fire. If the flames don't go out on their own, shake the sticks briefly. Then only the tips glow and a thin plume of smoke spreads its scent.
Then you take the smoking sticks in your respectfully joined hands and lift them so high that the glowing tips are over your head. Now you first turn to the altar and bow slightly. Then you turn in all directions and bow each time. You shouldn't forget the sky either: So stretch up briefly and bow down into the depths. You have communicated your wishes to all directions.
Then stick the incense sticks in the bronze basin with the sand. You can repeat this in front of every hall, i.e. wherever there is a bronze basin or an altar. But it is also sufficient if you only do this in front of the main hall.
But sometimes you have a favorite Buddha that you want to turn to with a special prayer. If after all the rituals there are still incense sticks left, you can put them on the altar or next to the bronze cauldron.