Must I attend a ceremony in person, and how can I know it was performed if absent?

Not every ceremony requires personal attendance. Some allow online registration so busy, distant, or less mobile people can participate. Practitioners recalled handwritten registration changing gradually to forms as numbers grew and message exchanges risked omissions, clarifying registration and preparation.

Photos and written records then showed participants what was performed and provided material for later personal or team review. But a record explains what was done; fulfillment of wishes afterward is a separate matter.

There is more than one way to express intention. Joined-palms prayer or inward Buddha-name recitation at home is possible too. Discussing resolve and action, I hope people take steps through visits, ceremonies, recitation, or good deeds. Travel or payment cannot be the only proof of sincerity.

Services still differ. Practitioners discussing emergency prosperity prayers then particularly hoped people would attend personally. That does not require attendance at every ceremony. Understand registration, presence, and records for the specific service rather than treat an old introduction as a fixed promise for everything now.

At one Water Official ceremony, individual requests were presented separately alongside the general petition. Needed texts were still recited for absent people. That was the arrangement then. Different ceremonies use different scriptures and prayers, sometimes personal petitions, not one identical procedure.

Does absence reduce blessings? The registration explanation then said correct information theoretically brought the same blessings. Yet onsite feelings, possible personal guidance, and interaction were separate. Small ingots were once given onsite, so absent people did not receive them then. That does not mean every ceremony has gifts, nor that everyone's wishes have identical outcomes.

Performance and feedback also involve work in sequence. YOYO and Dao Xuan described selecting each person's photos, organizing processes and reminders, and sending them individually after scheduled rites. Larger numbers require preparation time. Message arrival alone cannot determine whether a rite occurred. This described work then, not a uniform current response time for all services.