Q142: Master Lu, when we are travelling on business trips or holidays, how should we perform recitations for our Daily Recitation and Little Houses (Hsiao Fang Tsu)?
A142:
Once you have reached your destination, you can pay your respects to the local Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and supreme beings in your mind by saying the following prayer, “I, <full name>, am now paying my respects to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and supreme beings in <name of the location>. Please protect and bless me, so that I will be safe and fortunate.”
After you have checked into your hotel room, you can recite the Great Compassion Mantra (Ta Pei Chou). Face each of the 4 walls in turn, in a clockwise direction, and recite the Great Compassion Mantra once for each wall. You can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me, <full name>, grant me safety.” While you recite the Great Compassion Mantra, you should avoid having the intention of fighting with beings from the spiritual world. After you have recited the Great Compassion Mantra and stated your prayer, you can begin your recitations for Daily Recitation or Little Houses.
Generally, the energy field in hotels is complex. It is best avoid reciting the Heart Sutra (Hsin Ching) and the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra (Wang Sheng Chou) in hotels. Before you leave for your trip, you can state to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that you will perform your recitations for the Heart Sutra and the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra in advance or on a later date. If your situation is urgent and you must recite, then you can still recite the Heart Sutra and the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra in your hotel room during day time. Please avoid reciting them at night time.
No matter how busy you are, you should ensure that you perform recitations every day, even if you are just reciting the Great Compassion Mantra several times.
If you are reciting Little Houses while travelling, you can record the number of sutras and mantras that you have recited, and then put the red dots on the Little Houses when you have returned to your hotel room.
Generally, you should not burn Little Houses in hotels, except during emergencies.
A142:
Once you have reached your destination, you can pay your respects to the local Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and supreme beings in your mind by saying the following prayer, “I, <full name>, am now paying my respects to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and supreme beings in <name of the location>. Please protect and bless me, so that I will be safe and fortunate.”
After you have checked into your hotel room, you can recite the Great Compassion Mantra (Ta Pei Chou). Face each of the 4 walls in turn, in a clockwise direction, and recite the Great Compassion Mantra once for each wall. You can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me, <full name>, grant me safety.” While you recite the Great Compassion Mantra, you should avoid having the intention of fighting with beings from the spiritual world. After you have recited the Great Compassion Mantra and stated your prayer, you can begin your recitations for Daily Recitation or Little Houses.
Generally, the energy field in hotels is complex. It is best avoid reciting the Heart Sutra (Hsin Ching) and the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra (Wang Sheng Chou) in hotels. Before you leave for your trip, you can state to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that you will perform your recitations for the Heart Sutra and the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra in advance or on a later date. If your situation is urgent and you must recite, then you can still recite the Heart Sutra and the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra in your hotel room during day time. Please avoid reciting them at night time.
No matter how busy you are, you should ensure that you perform recitations every day, even if you are just reciting the Great Compassion Mantra several times.
If you are reciting Little Houses while travelling, you can record the number of sutras and mantras that you have recited, and then put the red dots on the Little Houses when you have returned to your hotel room.
Generally, you should not burn Little Houses in hotels, except during emergencies.
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