上元敬供百家米 Shang Yuan Day collecting of The Prosperity Rice

上元籌集百家之米﹐歷史已淵源留長。(中元籌集百家鹽﹐下元籌集百家布)

在早期﹐籌集百家米原定在大年初一日﹐旨在開正之日﹐行善助貧﹐後在漢朝年間﹐祖天師創教鼓勵繳米之後﹐定為上元日籌集百家米以祈福後分發與眾人。

目前﹐在新春及上元還保留著籌集百家之米的﹐就僅乘客家籍的同道好友了。

希望大家能多多發揚此文化﹐祈願天官覃恩﹐天師護佑。

三無量。
大敬心。

This Collecting of Prosperity Rice was actual a Practise that being evolved from the Collecting of Five-bushes Rice (五斗米) by Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (張祖天師) in the Han Dynasty (漢朝年間).

During the Han Dynasty, while the Taoists engaged Heavenly Master for Blessing on the San Yuan Festivals (三元日) or Curing of Illnesses, the Taoists would need to contribute a total of Five Bushes of Rice to Heavenly Master Zhang – which later, the Rice will be distributed to the Poor or Needys.

Besides that, there were also sayings that, for those who consumed the Prosperity Rice collected on the San Yuan Festivals, Oneself’s Sins & Debts will be Eliminated (赦罪解厄) and Prosperity will be Bestowed upon the Person (並賜福).

With strong belief in Promoting Heavenly Master’s Teaching and Continuing of Taoist Culture, we had decided to follow the Teaching of Heavenly Master – by collecting the Prosperity Rice and then Blessed it and distribute it out to the Public, hoping that Everyone staying in our Areas will be Blessed.

百家米之用處 Usage of Bai Jia Mi aka The Prosperity Rice

Upon receiving the Rice, a number of Friends and Taoists had been asking Jave how to use the Prosperity Rice. With patience, Jave explained to them with the following few Ways/Methods:

Prosperity Rice can be used in a lot of Ways/Methods and it does assist a lot of People in different Ways, such as

1 – Little Kids (below the age of Lunar 3 years old), who tend to Cry, cant get to Sleep or having Nightmare – used the Rice to Cook Porridge, upon cooked, add in Pearl Powder for them to eat or Sew a few Grains of Rice into the Pillow and allowed the Kids to Sleep on it, it will assist the Kids to Calm & Tame down.

襁褓中的嬰孩﹐虛歲三歲以下的小孩﹐時常在半夜無故啼哭﹐看醫後又無法診斷病因﹐可用百家米煮成糜﹐取糜漿(洝)加入少量珍珠粉﹐之後讓其小孩食用﹐效果不凡。

或者可將少數量的百家米放入小孩枕頭內﹐之後縫上﹐讓小孩就寢﹐即可卻穢。

2 – Grown-up Children (below the age of Lunar 12 years old), who tend to become Stubborn, like to Talk-back and starts to Behave strangely - used the Rice, mixed it with the Regular Rice and Cooked it. Keep the Water that used to Wash the Rice. Allowed the Children to eat continuously for 3 Days and after then, asked the Children to use the accumulated 3 Days Rice Water to Bathe. It will assist in Tuning the Mind of the Children to a more “Positive Frequency” in the near Future.

虛歲十二歲以下小孩﹐時常無故亂說話﹐夜有夢魘﹐可將百家米加入家中白米﹐連續三天煮飯後讓其小孩食用。將三天洗米水留下﹐在第三天夜晚﹐用三天洗米水幫小孩沖洗﹐此方便可去惡。

3 – Young Adults (from the age of Lunar 13 - 24 years old), who are still Studying and Not able to Concentrate, despite trying a lot of Ways/Methods to stay awake. Try using a Tea-spoon of the Rice, Fried in a pan without using any Oil or Bake in an Oven, till the Rice become Brown. Crash it into Powder-form and mix it with Hot-water to make into Rice-tea, it does help to Generate Energy to “awake” the Mind.

虛歲十三至廿四歲求學者﹐時常無法提起精神﹐夢中常顯壓力﹐可取百家米一茶匙﹐將其烘乾﹐後搗碎沖水當米茶食用﹐此方可解結。

4 – Adult (from the age of Lunar 25 - 60 years old), for those who keep finding themselves Low-in-luck or unable to have a Stable Life - used the Rice, Cooked it with Green Beans to become Green Bean Porridge. Do it on Every 3rd Day of the Lunar Month. It will assist in getting Oneself Physical Soul to be Cleanse and Allowing the Gui Ren (貴人神) aka Prosperity Deities to bestow the Blessing onto Oneself.

虛歲廿五至六十歲上班族﹐如遇時運停滯﹐工作受阻﹐可在每個農曆初三日﹐用百家米加入綠豆﹐煮成綠豆糜﹐長期食用﹐可助一切順心。

5 – Elderly (from the age of Lunar 61 - 99 years old), for Elderly who wished to have a Good Health, Please do Consume the Rice regularly. If possible, every time before consuming the Rice, Recite the following Phrase:

虛歲六十一至九十九歲樂齡者﹐可日常食用百家米﹐在食用前﹐恭念以下三官聖號﹐可保遐齡﹐家宅平安。

Gui Ming San Yuan San Guan Da Di (皈命三元三品三官大帝)

It not only Request Blessing for Oneself, but also the Family and the whole World.