Mickey Hung

#Heavenly Pardon Day – Smoke Offering#

The Heavenly Pardon Day are highly meaningful days. In traditional belief, it is an auspicious time to pray for blessings, avert misfortune, dissolve obstacles, attract wealth, and secure lasting relationships. If you practice great compassion and perform a smoke offering for all beings, you can transform current difficulties and open a path to smoother days ahead.

(1) What is Heavenly Pardon Day?

As the name suggests, Heavenly Pardon Day is the time when Heaven grants forgiveness. Ancient texts record:

“Spring pardon falls on Wuyin, summer on Jiawu. Wushen brings joy in autumn, while Jiazi in winter is most auspicious. On these days, lawsuits may be eased, grievances redressed, and mercy bestowed.”

In simple terms, there are only 5 to 7 Heavenly Pardon Days in a year. Each one is considered a time when Heaven opens its grace to grant pardon and blessings.

(2) What Can We Do on Heavenly Pardon Day?

Metaphysics has many schools of thought. Some masters recommend visiting temples, others advise releasing captive animals. Personally, I encourage performing smoke offerings.

Repenting before the deities, asking for forgiveness, resolving to improve, practicing generosity, and honoring your parents—these actions all help shift your fortune. A smoke offering, in particular, is a way to provide food and warmth to wandering spirits. It is both a compassionate act and an indirect method of lessening karmic burdens.

(3) How to Perform a Smoke Offering?

Smoke offering is essentially incense burning, in offering to the Buddha and sharing with others.

• Elderly people often go to temples by day to burn incense (upper offering).
• Younger people may burn incense at night near rivers, parks, or balconies (lower offering), which is meant to feed and comfort beings in the six realms—those who rarely receive offerings at all.

A simple household smoke offering requires only:

• One paper cup, 7 grains of rice, one small plate, clean water, a few crushed biscuits, and 3 smoke-offering incense sticks (consecrated with sacred powder, usually red in color).

Steps:

1. Place the crushed biscuits on the plate, then set 3 incense sticks on top. Fill the paper cup with clean water and add 7 grains of rice.
2. Light the incense, recite “Om Ah Hum”, and gently flick the water outward in all directions with your fingers.
3. Visualize the beings gratefully receiving your offering, and dedicate the merit to them.

If you have a formal ritual sheet from your teacher, you may follow it. But truly, it is very simple—many diligent practitioners perform smoke offerings nightly with peace of mind.

2025 Heavenly Pardon Days

In 2025, there are six Heavenly Pardon Days. Ideally, perform a smoke offering on each of these dates. If time does not allow, choose at least one. The important thing is to make the vow of compassion—providing warmth and nourishment to all beings.

• March 10, 2025 (Lunar Feb 11) – Monday
• May 25, 2025 (Lunar Apr 28) – Sunday
• July 24, 2025 (Lunar Jun 30) – Thursday
• August 7, 2025 (Lunar Leap Jun 14) – Thursday
• October 6, 2025 (Lunar Aug 15) – Monday
• December 21, 2025 (Lunar Nov 2) – Sunday

2025年天赦日應該做什麼？

#天赦日做煙供#
熊老師，風水課程導師，執業30多年

天赦日是一個極具意義的日子。在傳統習俗中，這一天是祈福消災解厄、轉運招財、永保姻緣的好時機。如果你懂得大愛，為眾生做一次煙供，便能化解近期不順，迎來轉機。

(一) 什麼是天赦日？

天赦日，顧名思義，就是上天赦罪之日。古籍記載：

「春赦戊寅夏甲午，戊申赦日喜秋逢。三冬甲子甚為吉，百事遇禍反為福。其日可以緩（刑獄）、雪（冤枉）、施（恩惠）。」

簡而言之，一年僅有5至7天天赦日，是上天特赦、開恩的大好日子。

(二) 天赦日可以做什麼？

玄學門派眾多，有師傅建議到寺廟拜拜，有的建議放生，而我則主張做煙供。

向神明懺悔、祈求赦罪，並立志改過；多多布施行善、孝敬父母，這些行為都是轉運之道。煙供則是給往生眾生一頓飯、一份溫暖，是慈悲布施，也是一種間接赦免罪業的方法。

(三) 如何做煙供？

煙供即燒香，分為「上供」和「下施」。

• 年長者白天到寺廟燒香，屬「上供」；
• 年輕人晚上到河邊、公園、陽台等地燒香，屬「下施」，意義在於給六道眾生一頓飯，一點溫暖。

簡易家庭式煙供準備：

• 紙杯1個、白米7粒、小碟1個、清水1瓶、餅乾碎少許、煙供香3支（由師傅開光，加玄粉，呈紅色）。

步驟：

1. 把餅乾碎放在碟子上，再放上3支煙供香。紙杯倒入清水，放入7粒白米。
2. 點燃香，念「嗡啊吽」，用手指把紙杯中的水向四周輕彈。
3. 冥想眾生正在接受你的布施，並將功德回向給他們。

若有師傅傳授的「煙供儀軌表」，可依之而行。其實方法十分簡單，許多修行者每天都在做，無需擔憂。

2025年天赦日（共六天）

理想情況下，每個天赦日都做一次煙供；若時間有限，至少選一日即可。最重要的是發心慈悲，讓眾生得到一點溫飽。

• 2025年3月10日（農曆二月十一）星期一
• 2025年5月25日（農曆四月二十八）星期日
• 2025年7月24日（農曆六月三十）星期四
• 2025年8月7日（農曆閏六月十四）星期四
• 2025年10月6日（農曆八月十五）星期一
• 2025年12月21日（農曆十一月初二）星期日

——澳門民俗專家熊神進秘傳