What does it mean to burn incense and pray?

It means burning incense and praying on the sixth, ninth and thirteenth day.

Burning incense and praying for blessings is an important thing, so you should generally choose auspicious days to burn incense and pray for blessings.

The meaning of burning incense has four aspects:

1, which means to send a message to the void dharma circle to understand the ten treasures blessing.

2. Show reverence and respect for the three treasures, so as to demonstrate and attract all beings.

3. It means that Buddhist precepts are really fragrant, which contains the tacit oath of "diligently practicing precepts, being wise, eliminating greed, hubbub and delusion". Buddha doesn't like the great fragrance in the world, but likes disciples to observe precepts, steadiness, truthfulness and fragrance.

4. It means burning oneself, spreading incense and reminding Buddhist disciples of selfless dedication.

It is most suitable to burn incense with three sticks of incense. The meaning is as follows:

1, indicating abstinence, determination and wisdom;

2. It is said that Buddhism, Dharma and monks live in three treasures.

This method is the most complete and civilized incense offering. It's not how much incense you burn, but your sincerity. As the saying goes, "burn three civilized incense and respect a sincere heart."