Chinese New Year

Could someone please explain to me who 'thai sui' is ? ('thai' as in 'thailand' and 'sui' as in taxes phonetically speaking in cantonese) I always hear about her during Chinese New Year and I know of a ceremony that escorts the old one out and welcomes a new one. I have heard bits and pieces that depending on ones chinese zodiac sign, one is indebted to her and will have calamity during the year or prosper. But I thought ones calamity is due to ones own karma, and not owing a deity? I do not understand. please "enlighten" me.
Om mani padme hom.

Yearly Planet God!! I personally consider the most important God of the year!!  

haha, how funny, I was thinking of the same question.
I have asked Brenda and othes to prepare some materials ...hope that you will see them soon!

Mimosa

celestialmaiden wrote (02/02/02 at 19:11:43):

author=celestialmaiden link=board=buddhism;num=1012705903;start=0#0 date=02/02/02 at 19:11:43

The Thai Sui is the Annual Diety for each year. At Chinese New Years Eve a ritual is done for the departure of the Annual Diety of that year then at midnight another ritual is done for the arrival of the new Annual Diety. The consecration of the Annual Deity brings blessing, protection and enhancement of prosperity.
If the magnetic field of that diety is different from yours then it will cause difficulty for you, as everyone's magnetic field is different.  This is why we make offerrings in hopes to appease that diety to help us.

**Note: Especially important is that we do things that are in accordance with the precepts, that will help with our karma, the extra help comes from the Annual Diety.

The reason I attend the ceremony is because I refuse to take any chances.  I've seen incredible things happen since I have been with True Buddha School.  I believe this could be as valid as everything else holds true from experience.


Brenda

Wow! That helps a lot. Thank you so much. Now I understand. I went to the "yearly planet god" ceremony yesterday in Calgary and I was scared of the planet god b/c I misunderstood him to be bringing bad fortune to me :-[
Now I shall ask for forgiveness from him then.
Thanks again

"Yearly Planet God" by far is the most important God to me.
I used to pay no attention to Him until my luck went so bad and got nowhere.

Burning some paper money and offering good food! trust me!!
good for you !!

Mimosa

Mimosa.
How and when do we do that?

Thank you.
Brenda

Brenda

Go to Temple on or after Chinese New Year. Buy some paper money and recite the delivery mantra 108 (if you can). Burn and dedicate the merit to Yearly Planet God to bestow you a wonderful New Year!

very important. As a matter of fact, I am leaving now to buy some flowers and paper money..
will write more later

Mimosa

At the Chinese New Year celebration some of us were given fu (talisman) like papers, to hang in our diningrooms if we were in conflict during the coming year with that Deity.

This is nice to know.

Does anyone know what they are called?

Also can someone elplain why we put incence in each of the incence pots?

Thank you.

Brenda