【玳瑚師父課室】《第52場回顧:齊拜天公賀新年》
52nd Learning Session: Paying Homage to the Supreme Jade Emperor (English version below)
2019年2月12日,也正是己亥年正月初八晚上,玳瑚師父帶領著有心有福的出席者,一齊在新加坡的中部,進行了簡單卻意義深重的拜天公儀式。
在儀式開始前,師父要求出席者告訴他,爲何要和師父一起拜天公。 之後,師父教導出席者們拜天公的重點事項,以及這次爲國家祈福的重要。
午夜十二點時,拜天公儀式便正式開始了!進行時,師父亦不斷身教言教如何拜天公才合乎禮儀。祭拜活動到尾聲時,大眾一同爲這娑婆世界的大恩人唱生日歌。
事後,師父亦解說:
一、買供品拜天公,要多還是少?
二、沒有什麼錢買供品,怎麼辦?
三、接下來新加坡會有三年的不好運,爲什麼我們新加坡人都要爲國家祈福?
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On the night of 12 February 2019, the 8th day of the first Lunar month of the Yin Earth Pig year, Master Dai Hu led participants, who have the heart and good fortune, at the central of Singapore and conducted a simple yet deeply meaningful ceremony to pay homage to the Supreme Jade Emperor.
Before the ceremony started, Master requested for the participants to tell him why they wanted to join the activity. Subsequently, Master taught the participants the vital points of paying homage to the Supreme Jade Emperor, and the importance of seeking blessings for our country that night.
At the strike of midnight, the prayer ceremony officially began! During the prayer, Master continuously demonstrated, through his speech and body, the proper conduct to pay homage to Supreme Jade Emperor. As the ceremony drew to an end, Master and the participants sang birthday song to this great benefactor of sentient beings.
Afterwards, Master explained:
1. Should we have more or less offerings, when paying homage to the Supreme Jade Emperor?
2. If we don't have much money to buy the offerings, what should we do?
3. The next 3 years bring poor fortunes for Singapore. Why should we Singaporeans seek blessings for our country?