問：之前節目中有同修問：上香的時候，把香插進香爐的時候卻發現香沒有點着，可以拿回來再重新點一次嗎？師父開示：不能，得扔掉了，一香不能點二次，這是“二心”。
還有一次同修問：燒了一半發現有一支香沒點燃，該怎麼辦？師父開示：發現沒點着就再點，馬上要和菩薩說對不起。如果把它去掉再重新點一支，可以也可以，但最好還是原來那支已經拜過菩薩的，這支香本來就是給菩薩燒的，能夠點下去就點下去。這支香雖然沒有給菩薩供到，但是我繼續要點下去，我的心繼續要供菩薩，不要換掉，要堅定不移。
答：如果插入香爐之後，沒有點燃或者滅了，可以在香爐中直接用打火機去點燃這支香，但不能拔出來點了再插回去。如果插進去後拔出來了，就不是供菩薩的香了，就只能扔掉了。
Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 320)
10 July 2019
Question:
In a previous radio programme, a fellow Buddhist friend asked, ‘When offering incense, the incense had already been placed in the censer, but it was found that the incense was not lit. As such, can the incense be taken out and be lit once again?’ Master Lu answered, ‘No. If it is taken out, it must be thrown away. Incense cannot be lit twice as this action means “a double heart”’.
Another fellow Buddhist friend asked, ‘When the incenses have been burnt half way, but one has not been lit, what should we do?’ Master Lu answered, ‘If the incense has not been lit, then light it again, and apologise to Bodhisattva immediately. It’s OK if you have to take the incense away and light a new one, but it is better to use the original one which has just been offered to Bodhisattva. Since that incense is to be offered to Bodhisattva in the first place, if it can be lit up then continue burning it. Although this incense cannot be successfully offered to Bodhisattva, we still have to continue burning it, because our heart still is paying respect and offering to Bodhisattva. Do not change to a new one, the heart towards Bodhisattva has to remain loyal and unwavering’.
What is the difference between these two methods?
Answer:
If the incense was not lit or stopped burning after it was offered in the censer, it can be lit again directly with a lighter, but the incense cannot be taken out then placed into the censer once again.
If it is taken out of the censer, then it cannot be an incense used for offering to Bodhisattva; it can only be thrown away.
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