Offering · Waken Temple

The offering hall: one censer, two candles, two vases, three fruit plates, eight tea cups in amber lamplight

Practice I

Offering

香Incense
燈Candle
花Flower
果Fruit
茶Tea

The altar is prepared. Five offerings await.

One censer, two candles, two vases, three plates, eight cups. The altar is complete from the first; the offerings brighten in sequence.

One censer, two candles, two vases, three plates, eight cups. The altar is complete from the first; the offerings brighten in sequence.

IncenseOne stick of heart-incense perfumes the dharma realm.
CandleTwo candles brighten together, dispelling the dark.
FlowerWhere the flower opens, the Buddha is seen; cause and fruit at once.
FruitThree plates of pure fruit, offered to the ten directions.
TeaEight cups of clear tea, rinsing heat and vexation.