Buddhist Practices

Question 1

Worship

Answer 1

“Om mani padme hum” A mantra

Question 2

Meditation

Answer 2

“Even the gods envy those awakened and mindful ones who are intent on meditation” The Buddha

“Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts……Remain in the simplicity of the moment.” Buddhist monk

Question 3

Samatha meditation

Answer 3

“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness” A Buddhist monk

Question 4

Walking meditation

Answer 4

“Your objective is to attain total alertness, heightened sensitivity and a full, unblocked experience of the motion of walking.” Buddhist monk

Question 5

Ceremonies and rituals associated with death and mourning

Answer 5

“At the hour of death, the king and the beggar are exactly the same.” – A Buddhist monk

Question 6

Karma

Answer 6

“Not in the sky, not in the middle of the sea, not entering an opening in the mountains is there a place on earth where standing one might be freed from evil action.” The Buddha

Question 7

Compassion (karuna)

Answer 7

“I believe that at every level of society, the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion.” – The Dalai Lama

Question 8

Loving – kindness (metta)

Answer 8

“Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world.” – The Sutta Nipata

Question 9

The five moral precepts

Answer 9

“Whoever destroys a living creature, and speaks untruth, takes what is not given in the world, and goes to another’s wife and whatever man applies himself to drinking liquor and intoxicants, that person digs up his own root here in the world” – The Buddha