Mickey Hung

#The Six-Realms Vajra Plate#

Every culture carries its own ancient myths and legends. When we sift through these stories, we often uncover timeless wisdom.

The word wisdom itself is fascinating. Religions and scholars each have their own interpretations. But today, rather than debating its meaning, let us look with balance and openness at what the Vajra can teach us about living wisely.

After the Autumn Equinox, the nights grow longer. Each evening at dusk, I often see young people practicing smoke offering under the trees. The simplest way to understand smoke offering is this: one lights incense sticks, and through their fragrance and accompanying mantras, the smoke is transformed into food to nourish beings of the “three lower realms.”

What are the three lower realms?
According to The Book of Three Lives, after death we pass through the cycle of six realms of rebirth. The three lower realms are hell, hungry ghosts, and animals. These are places of the greatest suffering. Out of compassion, we make offerings at night by burning incense—hoping that these merits ease their hunger, reduce their pain, and help them reincarnate sooner.

In Tibetan Buddhism, there are four main practices: pacifying, increasing, magnetizing, and subjugating. To support these aims, I have inscribed the Mantra of Liberation for the Six Realms Vajra onto an ivory-colored ceramic plate. Its purpose is to remove calamities, increase wisdom, receive blessings from Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and dispel troubles caused by petty people.

My hope is that by practicing smoke offerings regularly, people may cultivate the wisdom of Manjushri—the ability to deeply understand people, events, society, the universe, the present moment, the past, and ultimately how to live in harmony with loved ones all the way into old age.

Nowadays, you can find many incense-offering plates on the market. Some are beautifully handcrafted and sold for just a few hundred dollars, perfectly suitable as commercial goods. Yet I personally prefer to create offerings with my own hands. As a registered metaphysics practitioner, I avoid materials of unknown origin—this is part of my professional code of conduct.

I clean each plate with pomelo leaves and sacred powder, then breathe positive energy into it. For this reason, the plate is only for holding incense. It should not be washed with water (a cloth wipe is fine). However, if rain falls on it at night, that is acceptable—because The Book of Three Lives tells us that night rain is the tears of spirits.

The Vajra itself comes from ancient Indian mythology as the weapon of Indra, symbolizing indestructible strength. In our daily lives, fear arises at night because the body is weak; mistrust of loved ones arises because of suspicion; troubles with “petty people” often come because we carry too many karmic debts.

This special plate can hold three to six incense sticks or other offerings. There is no need to wash it—simply empty the ashes into a flower pot, at the base of a tree, or by the roadside.

金刚杵，走进生活的一种智慧

#六道金刚杵轮盘#
熊神进(风水教学导师，30年执业经验)

每个国家都有一些属于她古老神话/传说，而我们把这些故事整理一下， 就找出很多大智慧。

「智慧」这个词很有意思，不同的宗教， 学者都有不同的说法，今天我们不是刻意来争论「智慧」， 我们反而以中庸、包容心来理解生活中「金刚杵」给了我们什么智慧。

秋分之后，夜长了，每晚日落黄昏，笔者都会看到一些年青男女在树下「烟供」，「烟供」最简单的解释就是燃烧一些塔香， 借着香味及简单咒语，把香化成食粮， 可以喂养「三恶道」众生。

「三恶道」众生是什么？
《三世书》认为人死后要六道轮回，其中三恶道是指地狱道、饿鬼道和畜牲道，这三道是「下三道」， 众生受苦最多， 因此我们晚上会广布施， 烧一些塔香给他们， 希望这些积德可以减少他们受苦，给他们一餐温饱， 好给他们早点轮回。

《密宗》的四种法门是息、增、怀、诛，笔者把「六道金刚杵解脱咒」印在一只象牙色陶瓷碟上，这是消除灾难，增加智慧，获得佛、菩萨加持以及灭除小人烦恼。笔者用心是想大家长期做烟供，增加文殊智慧，让你可以深刻地理解人、事、物、社会、宇宙、现状、过去以及如何跟身诱人好好相处， 白头到老。

我看到坊间有很多烟供碟，有些手工精美，价格才3几百，很符合商品标准， 而笔者习性选用自家制作的贡品，忌讳不明来历的材质，这是政府注册玄学家的职业操守。

笔者用柚子叶加玄粉清洁了碟的脏，之后运气把正能量吹在碟子里，因此这款碟只可以盛塔香，不可以用水清洗(可以用毛巾抹净)，但晚上被雨水淋湿是可以接受，因为《三世书》说晚上的雨水是眼泪。

金刚杵是古代印度神话中因陀罗的武器，象征坚实， 今天我们夜里害怕就是因为体虚， 我们之不信任爱人就是因为我们怀疑心强，我们为何小人多， 说来很简单， 这些都是冤亲债主太多 。
这款碟，可以摆放3至6个塔香，或贡品。不用清洗，把塔香的灰倒去花盘，树下，路边就可以。