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Buddhist places of worship
Buddhist places of worship
Including temples, shrines, monasteries (viharas), halls for meditation or learning (gompas) and their key features including Buddha rupa, artefacts and offerings.
Puja
Puja
The significance and role of puja/devotional ritual in the home and in the temple, including chanting, both as a devotional practice and as an aid to mental concentration, mantra recitation, use of malas.
Meditation
Meditation
The different aims, significance and methods of meditation: Samatha (concentration and tranquillity) including mindfulness of breathing, Vipassana (insight) including zazen, the visualisation of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Different ceremonies and rituals associated with death and mourning
Different ceremonies and rituals associated with death and mourning
In Theravada communities and in Japan and Tibet.
Wesak
Wesak
Parinirvana Day
Parinirvana Day
Ethical teaching
Ethical teaching
Kamma (karma) and rebirth; compassion (karuna); loving kindness (metta).
The Five Moral Precepts
The Five Moral Precepts
The five moral precepts are guidelines - there is no God to enforce them, so you have to follow them through choice. They are things we can get better at. When we become good at them, we are skilful. If we can put them into practice, we can get rid of the Three Poisons (hate, greed, ignorance), and this helps achieve enlightenment.
In the Dhammapada it teaches that failure to stick to the precepts will prevent you reaching enlightenment.
do not harm life - eg do not kill - humans or animals
do not take what is given - eg do not steal
do not focus on satisfying the senses - eg do not misuse sex
do not speak falsehoods - eg do not lie
do not take intoxicants that cloud the mind - eg do not take drugs
The six perfections in the Mahayanan tradition
The six perfections in the Mahayanan tradition
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