A: Dedication is respect. Will Buddha and Bodhisattva still eat your vegetable rice? This is a symbol of respect. Buddha is a daily food, which you provide in the morning and evening. Didn't you break the Buddha and break the fast? Decided not to. So you can't offer Buddha after noon. After noon, the food offered to the Buddha should be removed. It is disrespectful to serve food there after noon. For ghosts and gods, for ghosts and gods at night, for the day in the morning, eat early in the morning and ghosts and gods eat at night. This must be understood. Therefore, you can't use leftovers when giving meals. If we eat leftovers for ghosts and gods, it is disrespectful, let alone offering them to buddhas and bodhisattvas. In the temple, the dishes for buddhas and bodhisattvas are specially made. Why? When we usually eat vegetables, we should taste them. When we tasted them, you had already eaten this dish. How can you dedicate it to the Buddha? Therefore, for the Buddha, there is no oil or salt in the dish, and it is really light, which is the most respectful. Therefore, in terms of diet, the best chefs in China don't need to taste spices. He is very experienced, and his contribution to himself is very weighty. He's accurate, senior chef. Without this effort and ability, I think it is better to use foreign methods. Foreign things are not seasoned, and his spices are all in front of you. Small bottles of salt, soy sauce, sugar and pepper are all here. You can mix it yourself, and everything you take out is tasteless. This is a habit of foreigners, but we in China are not used to it. It's actually very hygienic. Besides, everyone has different tastes. Some people have a strong taste, while others have a light taste. It is reasonable to adjust your taste. Especially when people are together, it is not a waste to use foreign buffets. Take as much as you want, take more dishes you like, and don't take anything you don't like. How many dishes do I advocate in the temple, "three virtues and six flavors, offering sacrifices to Buddhists and Monks"? Six courses, six courses are particular. Three virtues and six flavors, three dishes in the morning, breakfast, and if you are a medical stone at night, you will also have dinner, and three dishes and six dishes at noon. It's all in the form of buffet, clean, take as much as you eat, and don't spoil it. Of course, there are many places that are our ideals, but we must be respectful when offering sacrifices to the Buddha. It's inconvenient at home. The meal is ready. The first bowl must be for the Buddha. For a small bowl of Buddha, take a small cup of Buddha from the rice cooker. The same is true for dishes. After they are cooked, they are first released for the Buddha. After the donation, we can all eat. Because ghosts and gods can eat and eat. A: the water supply can't be interrupted until evening. It is best to change the water supply every day. What time? In the morning, change the water when burning incense every morning, not at noon and not at night. Water is a pure heart, not for Buddhists, Bodhisattvas and ghosts to drink. No, the water dedicated to Buddhists and Bodhisattvas is for me to see. When I see this glass of water, I think my heart should be as flat and clean as water. What does this mean? This is the meaning of "purity and equality" in the title of Infinite Life Sutra. So it's best to supply water with glasses. You can see it. Now there are elegant, crystal cups, which are very good. You can have a look. Seeing this water reminds me of today's life, work and being calm. It's saying, how could it be interrupted? How can I change it often? A: Yes, usually at large-scale dharma meetings, many magicians and laymen come to attend. This is a performance, and the props of the performance should be neat, with three virtues and six flavors. Usually in your own home, you can just give Buddha a cup of rice, and you don't need to offer food. A toast to ghosts and gods, a bowl of rice, is unnecessary. Food is only available on the first and fifteenth day of the first month, Buddha and Bodhisattva birthdays, and Dharma meetings. Usually, this is unnecessary. Within a container, when the Buddha was alive, the bowl was a bowl and all the food was together. You know this truth, you think this is enough, and it used to be like this. There are also some temples that have this rule. When you eat, you go to the hall. A bowl of rice and vegetables is another small bowl and a bowl of vegetables. In fact, we used to eat in a bowl.