Happy New Year of the Tiger!
According to the lunar calendar, this coming Year of the Tiger begins February 1, 2022.
If you were born in 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, or 2010, you were born during the Year of the Tiger. What does this mean for those born under this sign?
Native to China, the tiger is considered the King of the Jungle, symbolizing righteousness, authority, courage, strength and bravery.
In the role of authority, and because it represents great power and protection over human life, the tiger is considered the guardian of the home, warding off theft, fire, ghosts, disease and evil.
The tiger image can be seen on entrance doors, in living rooms and even bedrooms. It can also be seen on children’s clothes, shoes and hats, especially for young boys. As well as protection, the hope is that the tiger will bestow its energy, power and courage on the residents or the people. As the Chinese saying goes, “The Majestic Tiger puts down all evil.”
What you may not know about the Tiger (虎 hǔ) is that its pronunciation is similar to “Good Fortune” (福 fú) in the Chinese language. You can find many Chinese paintings for the New Year including a tiger guarding wealth and luck.
This is Grandmaster JinBodhi’s calligraphy of the Chinese character “Fortune”.
May everyone be blessed with good fortune and auspiciousness in the coming year!
May the lucky star shine onto you, and may you be blessed with wisdom, auspiciousness and happiness!
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For many people in the world, the last two years of the pandemic have been challenging. As the strong and courageous Tiger is well on its way, this is the perfect time for us to borrow its power to get rid of the virus and negative energy.
With this wonderful potential to kick off a promising year, if you are looking for even more blessings and with this wonderful potential to kick off a promising year, you may be looking for even more blessings and protections. Bodhi Meditation provides various ways for you to fulfill your wishes.
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Make offerings to Buddha
Your wishing cards will be placed in front of the Buddha or Bodhisattva, bringing you protection, blessings and wish-fulfillment.
- Sakyamuni Buddha brings total illumination, perfect wisdom and good fortune.
- Medicine Buddha brings longevity, wish-fulfillment, good luck and dispels calamity.
- Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva brings a good marriage, relationship and children.
- Manjushri Bodhisattva brings wisdom and academic success.
- God of Wealth brings abundant wealth and success in business or career.
- Matreya Buddha brings health, happiness, prosperity and good fortune.
- Earthstore Bodhisattva helps your deceased family members, ancestors and karmic creditors.
Light offerings
Light offerings ward off darkness and ignorance, remove obstacles and bad karmas, therefore allowing you to acquire a bright future.
Incense Offerings
Chinese people have a tradition of offering the first incense of the year at the very beginning of the Chinese New Year. Therefore, it occurs just after 12 am. They believe this will bring them an entire year of good luck as well as a happy family and good children, great fortune, success, health, prosperity and peace.