PEN: Đi chùa

Visiting the temple is like entering a 3D main hall where you can find a moment of tranquility each day. You are a young novice sitting on a cushion before the Buddha statue, surrounded by other novices also practicing meditation.

PRAYING TO THE BUDDHA AND LIGHTING INCENSE
• Prostrate three times to the Buddha, each prostration accompanied by a bell chime; the entire hall will follow suit.

• Light three incense sticks; the incense burns for 20 minutes, the smoke rising before the altar.

RITUAL INSTRUMENTS

• Touch the wooden gong, bell, chime, and drum in the main hall to invoke blessings.

• The sound resonates as if in a large main hall.

PRAYER BEADS

• 3D wooden prayer beads; stroke down to count each bead.

• Choose a mantra: Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara, Shakyamuni; 108 beads per circle

MEDITATION
• Set a timer from 5 to 45 minutes, ring the bell at the beginning and end of the session.

• Reminders to inhale and exhale rhythmically.

SOUNDS OF THE MAIN HALL
• Sound of wind, birdsong during the day, the sound of wooden clappers, bells from others, and the distant sound of the large temple bell.

PRACTICE LOGBOOK
• Count the sound of wooden clappers, beads, meditation minutes, incense sticks, and the number of days spent in the main hall.

• Choose the color of the robe and monastic attire for the novice monk: a long robe or a traditional Vietnamese tunic.

• Reminders of the 15th and 1st days of the lunar month.

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