Buddhist Practices Flashcards
Features of buddhist temple
Main hall, meditation hall, study hall, shrines stupa
Shrines
In temples, homes, monasteries, places of work, a focal point for meditation. Make offerings to show grattitude to the Buddha
Light, flower, incense
Englightenment, impermanence, purity
Monasteries
Place for monks to live, dedicated to meditation, study and devotion, part of sangha(three jewels)
Worship can take form of (6)
Meditation , public or private, chanting, reciting mantras, making offerings, rituals
Buddhists worship to
Show gratitude, a way to understand teachings, to get closer to buddha
Samatha meditation-theravada buddhists
Calming the mind, develop concentration, mindfulness of breathing, focus on a single object
Vipassana meditation-theravada
‘Insight’ meditation, develop understnding of the nature of reality, aim to understand the three marks of existsents, develop wisdom
Type of vipassana meditation
Seated / walking
Visualisation meditation-mahayana
Visualise a buddha or Bodhisattva, focus of concentration and learning
Rituals for death and mourning- theravada
Donations often made to a worthy cause in the hope that good karma will transfer to the deceased
Tibet
Sky burial, body left in high places as a gift to vultures
Pure land-rituals for death
Buried with head facing west (direction of pureland)
Festivals
Celebrations of events in the Buddha’s life, to remember, to come together
Retreats
Opportunity for intensive practice, place for meditation, study, learning and rituals, to deepen understanding, to come together, period of time spent away from regualr life
