Advantages and functions of knocking wooden fish

The merits of knocking wooden fish are: diligence, vigilance and unity.

1, diligent

When we look at the fish in the water, whether it is swimming or standing still, it will not close its eyes. Buddhism uses the image of a fish to encourage everyone to practice as diligently as a fish. Even on the fish, it will say "life and death are great, impermanence is rapid;" Cherish time, time waits for no one ",reminding everyone to cherish time, cherish Yin and work hard.

Step 2 be alert

When this wooden fish knocks on the door, it will give you a warning through the sound of the wooden fish, which can bring back your scattered heart and delusional thoughts and prevent you from thinking and daydreaming casually, so it has a vigilant effect.

Step 3 be consistent

When chanting, you read, he reads, and I read. You read fast, he reads slowly, dispersedly and unevenly. Not only is it not pleasant to hear, but it will also make people who recite the scriptures start to read and can't concentrate. At this time, the wooden fish has a unified role. It can combine everyone's voices and follow the beat of the wooden fish at the same speed.

Taboo of knocking wooden fish

Wooden fish is an object used by Buddhism and Taoism. According to legend, fish don't meet day and night, so carving wood looks like a fish to warn monks to think day and night. As for the reason why wooden fish can't knock casually, it refers to the rhythm and time of knocking wooden fish.

Wooden fish should be knocked rhythmically, not casually, just like beating gongs and drums in marriage will calm the heart, and it is useless to knock wooden fish rashly; In addition, if you knock on wooden fish in the middle of the night, it will undoubtedly disturb the people around you and cause contradictions, but it is not beautiful.

In fact, most people don't pay much attention to knocking wooden fish, only pay attention to the time and rhythm of knocking wooden fish. In addition, after knocking the wooden fish, don't put the stick in the mouth of the wooden fish, but put it beside it.