Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Mazu Hall — Lot 3
This tube asks about safety. Think of the person travelling, and the road they are on.
Mazu Hall · Lot 3Good
湄洲香火万家传护佑行人到海边此番远行多顺遂归来犹带笑声还
What it means: The long trip goes well. You come back smiling.
The verse is kept in Chinese. It is a four-line regulated poem — rhyme and metre are part of the thing itself, and they do not survive translation. The reading below is written in English.
The reading
The journey is smooth — you leave with business and return with a laugh. Remember to send word home; they are waiting for that one sentence.
Mazu's lots usually land on the road: slower, steadier.
How to read this grade
Good sits one step below Excellent: the direction is right, but the work has to be carried with diligence and patience. If the verse talks about keeping, gathering or holding steady, that is the point of the lot.
All eighty lots are lines written for Hanlu Temple. They are here to help you put a question into words — no promise, and no medical, financial or legal advice.
Draw this lot in the hall
Walk to the Mazu Hall, sit down on a cushion and put your palms together. The tube of lots stands by the altar. A lot you drew in the same hall on the same day is remembered, so you can come back and read it again.