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Buddhist meditation practices aim to separate practitioners from distracting thoughts and gain awareness and control over the mind. There are four main types of meditation - concentrative, generative, receptive, and reflective. Buddhists also worship at home shrines or temples, which may include candles, incense, and Buddha statues. Worship can involve chanting, listening to scriptures, or making offerings to relics and images of Buddha. Mandala paintings and pilgrimages to important Buddhist sites also play important religious roles.

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Buddhist meditation practices aim to separate practitioners from distracting thoughts and gain awareness and control over the mind. There are four main types of meditation - concentrative, generative, receptive, and reflective. Buddhists also worship at home shrines or temples, which may include candles, incense, and Buddha statues. Worship can involve chanting, listening to scriptures, or making offerings to relics and images of Buddha. Mandala paintings and pilgrimages to important Buddhist sites also play important religious roles.

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Buddhist Customs

Amber and Max


Meditation:

- Meditation is used in the Buddhist religion to separate one


from their thoughts. Many do this to have a sense of full
awareness.
- In Buddhism, the person meditating is attempting to take
control of his/her mind.
Meditation Cont.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it


is founded in our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.

-Dhammapada 1:1-2

These lines from the Buddhist scripture Dhammapada


show how important the mind is to an individual.
Meditation is used to clear the mind, thus allowing
clearer decisions.
Meditation Cont.
- There are four types of meditation:
Concentrative, Generative, Receptive, and
Reflective.
- Concentrative meditation focuses on on an
object to concentrate ones thoughts, and to
clear the mind.
Meditation
- Generative meditation helps the meditator Practice:
concentrate on love and kindness, and to
eliminate any hate from the body.
- Receptive meditation opens the mind to
whatever arises from the meditation experience,
while Reflective meditation helps the meditator
reflect Buddhas teachings.
Buddhist Worship:

- At home, Buddhists often set aside a room


or a part of the house as a shrine to
Buddha. A classic shrine would consist of
candles, incense burners, and statues.
- Buddhist Temples are designed to
symbolize the five elements: Fire, Air,
Earth, Water, and Wisdom.
- Worshippers may sit on the floor, while
facing an image of Buddha and chanting.
They will listen to monks chanting from
religious texts also.
Buddhist Worship Video:

How Buddhists Worship:


Sacred Mandala:

- One of the riches visual and physical objects in Buddhism is


the Mandala.
- A mandala is a symbolic picture of the universe, and can be a
painting on a wall or scroll.
- The mandala represents a palace envisioned during meditation,
and each object inside of the palace holds significance
Venerating The Buddha:

- Venerating the Buddha can take on many forms such as:


meditating on the qualities of Buddha, and honoring
Buddha, or a Buddha figure.
- A person could honor Buddha by making offerings to
relics, or images of Buddha.
Exchanging Of Gifts During Veneration:

- During the process of Veneration, many Buddhists


exchange gifts.
- In Theravada Buddhism, monks embody the Buddhists
practices
- Many Buddhists in this sector of Buddhism, people give
monks gift baskets and good wishes. Karma is seen as the
reward.
Pilgrimage

- The purpose of pilgrimage is to foster spiritual discipline,


to fulfill a vow, or to simply travel.
- Buddhists travel to many important places in Buddhas
life. There are more than 10 around the world.
- Pilgrimage helps the traveler connect with the figure the
center is devoted to.
Ordination:

- Ordination is the ceremony where a person becomes a


monk.
- Ordination is an important ceremony in all traditions.
- To become a Theravada monk,, a postulate shaves his
head and beard and adopts the traditional yellow robe
of a monk.

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