You don't have to know how to do this. Nobody in there was born knowing. Walk in with us.
Light a stick of incense if you want to. Or don't. The smoke is a way of saying you came.
Every lamp in here was lit by someone, for someone.
It doesn't mean worship. It means: thank you, I'm listening.
People light one here for someone they are thinking of. You can too. It costs nothing and it counts.
It stays lit. If you'd like to tell someone who it was for, or ask what any of this means, there is a grandma who will answer plainly.
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