How to place and arrange the altar of the god of wealth in the right position
For small apartments or apartments: With limited space like in an apartment, you can arrange the altar in common with the space with the living room or the dining room wall…with a partition or a screen. distance between two places to ensure privacy and increase aesthetics.
The placement direction also needs to pay attention to feng shui, as follows:
- The Buddha altar is not directed towards the Five Demons: Northeast or Southwest.
- The Buddha altar is not placed in the southwest direction overlooking the northeast direction.
- The altar is not placed in the northeast, looking southwest.
- The altar should not be placed opposite the door because it will release good air, causing the owner to lose fortune and adversely affect health.
- Buddha altars need to be placed in quiet and peaceful places, avoid placing in noisy places such as doors, playgrounds, children's rooms, etc. will lose the necessary tranquility for the place of worship.
- Buddha rooms should not be placed in unclean places such as toilets, bathrooms, etc. These are areas with heavy yin, so homeowners are prone to bad omens.
- Do not place the ancestral altar opposite the Buddha altar. Let's learn how to arrange the Buddha altar and common ancestors receive a lot of fortune and luck.
- The altar is absolutely not allowed to be placed under the rafters.
The Buddha altar will be arranged with the following worship items:
With incense burner: will be placed in the middle of the front, should not be too full of ashes. Every month on the 15th day of the lunar calendar, homeowners should remove the incense to keep it clean.
With vases and fruit plates: according to the saying "Eastern vase, western fruit", the vase will be placed on the left of the Buddha image, the fruit plate will be placed on the right of the Buddha image. If there is a bell, put it on the same side with the vase, the mouth of the bell is on the same side with the fruit plate.
With cups of clean water: cups of pure water offered to Buddha are placed in the center or next to the fruit plate. The water must be changed daily to keep the water clean and pure.
With two altar lamps: The Buddha altar always has a pair of lights placed on the left and right sides of the altar. It is believed that the lamp on the altar symbolizes the wisdom of Buddha and the other lamp is the wisdom of sentient beings.
With worshiping Buddhas: you can worship Buddha statues in the Three Worlds Buddhas including Buddha Shakyamuni, Maitreya and Amitabha Buddha. Or the Western Three Buddhas include Buddha Amitabha, Dai The Chi, and Avalokitesvara. Or simply a statue of Buddha Amitabha or Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha placed in the center of the altar and on the left is the statue of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (in the direction of looking from the outside).
Note: If you put the Buddha altar together with the ancestral altar, the Buddha image must be higher than the tablet of the grandparents and ancestors.
Feng shui altar of God of Fortune and Earth brings fortune and luck
The design of the altar of Ong Dia and Than Tai cannot be excessive, sloppy and contrary to feng shui, the tradition in the ancient worship of the Vietnamese people. How to decorate the Altar of the God of Fortune Ong Dia according to the instructions below to attract prosperity:
Tablets: Place in the innermost part of the altar, usually with the word "Chieu Tai Tien Bao", or on both sides of the altar, you can write two parallel sentences such as "Earth energy gives birth to white jade - Earth can emerge golden". In front of the tablet, the worshiping image should also have a hundred paper gold bars.
Statue: Put 2 men side by side on the altar, from the outside looking in, Mr. Than Tai is on the left and Mr. Dia is on the right. Large or small statues will mainly be based on the size of the God of Fortune altar and the Earth Earth.
3 cups containing rice, salt, water: are placed in the main and these 3 jars should only be replaced at the end of the year.
Tray, flowerpot: On the left, you should put the tray containing fresh fruit, the flowerpot is placed on the right, according to folklore it is "Western Fruit, Dong Binh". chrysanthemums, gerberas... limit the use of pungent-smelling flowers to display on the altar. The selected fruit is a five-fruit tray, ie 5 types of fruit with different colors and sizes, both increasing the aesthetics, bring wealth, happiness and prosperity to the owner.
Incense bowl
In the middle of the altar, there will be an incense burner, so use a ceramic altar set for easy cleaning, helping to increase the sacredness and luxury of the place of worship. The unloading of incense bowls must also follow specific procedures.
Homeowners should note that wet towels should not be used to wipe, according to feng shui, the altar belongs to Fire, but the wet towel is Water carving Fire, so it is not good. At the same time, when cleaning the incense bowl, the owner should avoid moving because this is likely to affect the fortune and good fortune of his family.
Ky worships 5 cups: Put it into a tray, use 5 cups of water arranged in order to form a cross symbolizing Ngu Hanh, Ngu Phuong arising and developing.
Three-legged Toad: He will be arranged on the left of the five-fruit tray to bring fortune, prosperity and happiness into the house, the owner must remember to put the toad facing out in the morning and turn him in at night.
Deep bowl: In front of the altar is a very beautiful deep bowl made of porcelain or glass. The family fills it with water and sprinkles more rose petals on the face symbolizing the money won't drift.
In addition to the above items, you can place more Maitreya Buddha statues on the altar of God of Fortune and Ong Dia. For one