How We Attract Gods

Bodhi Pooja at a Temple in Sri Lanka

How do we attract the God and Goddess?

It is very difficult to get close and to get  the God's  attractions within short time as a day, sometimes two or more months to wait to get attraction of a particular  God. It is very difficult. Although Buddhists who worship the Triple Gem mind every day after the request may lure them. But some people find its charm very quickly with the gods, the relationship may be past lives.But the gods attraction formula is so simple, which is: 
     
Merits + Precepts + Tidiness + Sweet Odors + Chanting Dhamma (Parittas)  

    Buddha says that activities such as Buddhist merit wise transfer property to the gods by: Donation or giving medicine, the association donated clothing, temples or intention to make room for the Buddhist monks help to focus follow the precepts,religious teaching, religious education, helping poor people, etc. .. 

 The Gods and Goddesses are who living near the Earth are attract Water flowers, sandalwood, jasmine (pichcha) some oil, fruit, or clear ponds, rivers, big trees, nice garden, clean places such as temples, stupas and sweet odors .If you keep such odors, trees or flowers inside your home, rooms or garden so gods will like to your home. 

Also keeping Buddha worshiping place (neat room or tall table with Buddha statue, leave of Bodi tree & small stupa, where you can offer flowers, incense sticks & oil lamp to Lord Buddha.) in your home is another way to get attractions of gods. If all family members worship to Buddha in this place, then all of them will be attracted by kindly gods. 

Another thing is after you get sign from ishta devatha or other gods attracted to you, it is not good wear or use Amulets (Yantras) or use sound science (Mantras) for cure your problems. Then gods think you neglect their power, so they remove their attraction from you or your family. Instead of Mantras, you can use Buddhist poems or Parittas (Gods are esp. like to hear Karaniya Metta sutta & Maha Mangala Sutta). Good thing is you talk such things with your family Astrologer. 

If you reduce your merit works then gods also reduce their attraction as same amount from you & your family. Dhamapada said person who not get angry, who say true words & who give donations may close to gods!