Deities and Faith
Does a deity drawing beside someone’s name necessarily mean purification?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Not necessarily. Marks beside a name cannot alone establish that something is being purified or removed. Understand the meaning in that moment rather than guess from movements on paper.
A student asked this, and I honestly said one answer was difficult. I do not consider every instance purification. Such a function may exist, but my experience more often involves communication through writing and drawing, helping me understand and convey divine meaning.
Like live translation, I sense not just written shapes but emotion, subject and intention. This is my experience during services, not a universal rule for every paper bearing names and designs. Preserve what remains unclear rather than urgently identify a completed ritual.