http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html Buddha Garden Statues Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-1396 Josh G Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:44:42 +0000 http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html#comment-1396 Relic-worship and related practices are not part of the scriptures of Buddhism. The writings say that the Buddha didn't want people to worship him. You can buy a buddha at the import place in the mall though. Ha! Relic-worship and related practices are not part of the scriptures of Buddhism. The writings say that the Buddha didn’t want people to worship him.
You can buy a buddha at the import place in the mall though. Ha!

]]> http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-1395 Lovely Smile Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:04:30 +0000 http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html#comment-1395 How i would do it. I would lay a choice piece of concrete or find a prepoured slab. Then I would make sure there is enough space before me. About three feet. I would prepare myself through deep thought and stretching. Then I would put on my prayer glasses. Actually they are more like goggles. Then I would circle my energy into the sledge hammer I was holding and splinter that thing to dust because my God forbids bowing to a carved image. Afterwords I would enjoy knowing I avoided curses and received blessings. How i would do it.
I would lay a choice piece of concrete or find a prepoured slab. Then I would make sure there is enough space before me. About three feet.
I would prepare myself through deep thought and stretching.
Then I would put on my prayer glasses. Actually they are more like goggles.
Then I would circle my energy into the sledge hammer I was holding and splinter that thing to dust because my God forbids bowing to a carved image. Afterwords I would enjoy knowing I avoided curses and received blessings.

]]> http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-1394 tenaciou Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:26:28 +0000 http://www.buddhagardenstatues.org/buddha-questions-answers/how-do-you-set-up-a-buddha-set-how-its-use-correctly-2.html#comment-1394 Vietnamese Buddhists practice ancestor worship so their house altars usually have pictures of ancestors or some of their personal effects, like a little shrine. The objects you refer to (bowls of fruit and such) are offerings to the ancestors and would be different in different homes, possibly based on what the person liked. There are always candles. You can write your prayers or requests and burn them rather than say them. There aren't a lot of strict rules on it as far as I know. Each family is a little different. Vietnamese Buddhists practice ancestor worship so their house altars usually have pictures of ancestors or some of their personal effects, like a little shrine. The objects you refer to (bowls of fruit and such) are offerings to the ancestors and would be different in different homes, possibly based on what the person liked. There are always candles. You can write your prayers or requests and burn them rather than say them. There aren’t a lot of strict rules on it as far as I know. Each family is a little different.

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