Is the 15th day of the third lunar month in 2022 a good day to pray for blessings? The rules of burning incense

In order to express our respect to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, many people will choose to go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, but you must choose a suitable day in the lunar calendar to pray. So is March 15th of the lunar calendar in 2022 a good day to pray for blessings?

Is March 15th of the lunar calendar in 2022 a good day to pray?

Gregorian calendar: Friday, April 15, 2022 Aries (Gregorian calendar)

Lunar calendar: March 15, 2022 (lunar calendar)

Lucky direction: Southeast

God of Wealth Direction: True North

Today's suitable: sacrifice to seek medical treatment and cure

Today's taboo: Don't take other things

To sum up, March 15th of the lunar calendar in 2022 is not a good day to pray. There is no "prayer" item on this day, so it is not recommended that you choose to pray today!

Rules for burning incense

1. Holding up a large bundle of incense sticks and burning them together, thinking that the more incense sticks, the better. This is not true. Buddha does not talk about transactions with you. Buddhism is about wisdom and truth. As long as you are respectful in your heart, always happy, and kind to others, Buddha will be happy. It does not mean that you must burn incense to make Buddha happy.

2. Burn extra-large thick incense sticks, believing that the longer the incense stick is, the better the luck will be in the coming year. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are not as greedy as we are. The Buddhas do not ask for anything from others, and they have nothing in excess. They do not need these things from the world. Moreover, the production of coarse incense and high incense is generally crude and low-cost. When burned, they produce choking smoke and pungent odors, which affects the temple's fire protection and the safety of others.

3. When burning incense, shake your hands up and down in front of your chest as if making a bow, or repeat the above actions in different directions. This kind of "fancy burning incense" is very common. Not to mention that in Buddhism, the Buddha appears in every place, just the question of whether shaking the burning incense up and down, left and right will poke others is also a problem. Besides, this posture of burning incense is not elegant and solemn.

4. When holding incense while worshipping Buddha, after lighting the incense and praying devoutly, you should insert the incense into the incense burner and then worship Buddha. Holding the incense in your hands while worshipping Buddha is likely to cause a fire hazard.