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**inhitoemits** · 04-21-2006, 08:00 AM

Spring has just sprung in Australia and daffodils are everywhere. Are yellow flowers suitable to offer at Tham Wat Yen? (Seeing as that's where I'm going this evening.)

If you mean offering flowers to the monks, Buddha images, or for decoration in the temple, as I recall we don't have rules on this, we decide what type of flowers and color to use based on occasion, places, etc.

There is the belief that the person who offer fresh, prebloom, colorful flowers with nice scent will receive fresh, new things, not second hand ones.

Whenever I joined ‘Tham Wat’ Chao (àªéÒ - morning) or Yen (àÂç¹ - evening), I liked to present lotus flowers or mali (jasmine) in front of the main Buddha image. Sometimes I prepared many colorful flowers to decorate at the altar in Ubosot (temple hall).

Anyway, it’s the tradition to offer lotus flower in religious ceremonies, lotus flower represents enlightenment, free from defilement. Poem from sfsu.edu.

The lotus has its roots in the mud,
Grows up through the deep water,
And rises to the surface.
It blooms into perfect beauty and purity in the sunlight.
It is like the mind unfolding to perfect joy and wisdom.

We don’t offer black flowers esp. in auspicious ceremonies, black flower is used to worship Phra Rahu, all offerings are in black as it’s the color of Phra Rahu.

But black rose for lover means love that cannot be changed. I can't confirm this meaning, someone told me.

Photos of Phra Rahu at Wat Srisathong, Nakhon Prathom.

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inhitoemits Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Spring has just sprung in Australia and daffodils are everywhere. Are yellow flowers suitable to offer at Tham Wat Yen? (Seeing as that's where I'm going this evening.) If you mean offering flowers to the monks, Buddha images, or for decoration in the temple, as I recall we don't have rules on this, we decide what type of flowers and color to use based on occasion, places, etc. There is the belief that the person who offer fresh, prebloom, colorful flowers with nice scent will receive fresh, new things, not second hand ones. Whenever I joined ‘Tham Wat’ Chao (àªéÒ - morning) or Yen (àÂç¹ - evening), I liked to present lotus flowers or mali (jasmine) in front of the main Buddha image. Sometimes I prepared many colorful flowers to decorate at the altar in Ubosot (temple hall). Anyway, it’s the tradition to offer lotus flower in religious ceremonies, lotus flower represents enlightenment, free from defilement. Poem from sfsu.edu. The lotus has its roots in the mud, Grows up through the deep water, And rises to the surface. It blooms into perfect beauty and purity in the sunlight. It is like the mind unfolding to perfect joy and wisdom. We don’t offer black flowers esp. in auspicious ceremonies, black flower is used to worship Phra Rahu, all offerings are in black as it’s the color of Phra Rahu. But black rose for lover means love that cannot be changed. I can't confirm this meaning, someone told me. Photos of Phra Rahu at Wat Srisathong, Nakhon Prathom.
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