Metaphysics Q&A 075 – Plaques for ancestors and deceased relatives
Q075: Master Lu, we would like to invite the plaques for our ancestors and deceased relatives to come down from the altar. Please advise us about the detailed procedures. Thank you.
A075:
If you wish to invite the plaque of a deceased relative to come down from the altar, you would need to recite and burn 7 Little Houses (Hsiao Fang Tzu) before you proceed. Address the Little Houses to <full name of the deceased relative>. Then you can recite the Great Compassion Mantra (Ta Pei Chou) 7 times, Heart Sutra (Hsin Ching) 7 times, and Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Li Fo Ta Chan Hui Wen) 7 times. After you have finished reciting, you can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva kindly have my deceased relative, <full name of the deceased relative>, to protect and bless me, <your full name>. I will invite the plaque onto the altar and make offerings on important dates, including the death anniversary and Ching Ming Festival, etc.“ If you do not include the above prayer, you may experience misfortune as a result.
After you have invited the plaque down from the altar, you can wrap the plaque with red coloured materials (e.g. red paper or red fabrics) and store it horizontally in a clean and tidy place.
It is more difficult if you are inviting a plaque of your ancestors to come down from the altar. You can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva kindly have my ancestors to protect and bless me, <your full name>.” You can wrap the plaque with red coloured materials (e.g. red paper or red fabrics) and store it horizontally in a clean and tidy place.
For ancestors, you need to recite at least 21 Little Houses. Address them to “Ancestors of <your full name> in the present life”.
Before you recite the 21 Little Houses, you can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me, <your full name>, help me to offer the Little Houses to my ancestors in the present life. I hope that they can rest in peace, and be reborn into the higher realms if they are able to, or be reborn into their destined realms.”
Q075: Master Lu, we would like to invite the plaques for our ancestors and deceased relatives to come down from the altar. Please advise us about the detailed procedures. Thank you.
A075:
If you wish to invite the plaque of a deceased relative to come down from the altar, you would need to recite and burn 7 Little Houses (Hsiao Fang Tzu) before you proceed. Address the Little Houses to <full name of the deceased relative>. Then you can recite the Great Compassion Mantra (Ta Pei Chou) 7 times, Heart Sutra (Hsin Ching) 7 times, and Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Li Fo Ta Chan Hui Wen) 7 times. After you have finished reciting, you can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva kindly have my deceased relative, <full name of the deceased relative>, to protect and bless me, <your full name>. I will invite the plaque onto the altar and make offerings on important dates, including the death anniversary and Ching Ming Festival, etc.“ If you do not include the above prayer, you may experience misfortune as a result.
After you have invited the plaque down from the altar, you can wrap the plaque with red coloured materials (e.g. red paper or red fabrics) and store it horizontally in a clean and tidy place.
It is more difficult if you are inviting a plaque of your ancestors to come down from the altar. You can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva kindly have my ancestors to protect and bless me, <your full name>.” You can wrap the plaque with red coloured materials (e.g. red paper or red fabrics) and store it horizontally in a clean and tidy place.
For ancestors, you need to recite at least 21 Little Houses. Address them to “Ancestors of <your full name> in the present life”.
Before you recite the 21 Little Houses, you can say the following prayer, “May the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me, <your full name>, help me to offer the Little Houses to my ancestors in the present life. I hope that they can rest in peace, and be reborn into the higher realms if they are able to, or be reborn into their destined realms.”
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