Buddhist temples

Buddhist teaching help people become more aware of themselves, and the world around them. They also help steer people’s mindsets away from negative thought and actions. One of the ways to help clear your mind, and follow the ways of the Buddha is by meditating, through the ceremony of Puja. Also by following the Dalai Lama, and what he has had to say about the religion, and the teachings he has spoken about in many of his world tours. These impact on they way Buddhist individuals and the whole…

prayer or a room devoted to a diete and yantras (diagrams of the universe. Buddhism similarly uses mantras, images and setting aside a room within their home. Hinduism and Buddhism both use temples as a form of worship. The temples often have different places that represent different things, such as Hindu temples having a centeral shrine to symbolise the heart of the worshiper as well as a tower to represent the flight of the spirit going to heaven and…

The Buddhist calendar is based on the moon, meaning that Buddhists use the lunar calendar. Making a visit to a local temple is usually how a Buddhist festival day begins. At the temple, people oftentimes offer food to monks and listen to the teachings of Buddha. They might also distribute food to the poor, chant, and meditate. The most important festival in the Buddhist religion is Vesak or Buddha Day which is Buddha’s birthday. This festival…

Imagine, at the temple on the occasion of the Tet Day, you see a blond girl in a traditional Vietnamese long dress, what your feelings will be like? Surely you are curious and try to find out whether he is actually an American. On YouTube, there is one a girl who wears a long dress and sings Viet Khang’s song. The Vietnamese people feel that it’s an honor because our costumes and music are being highlighted through an American. Why so? Why do we need someone else, not a Vietnam origin to…

Ratner and acted by Jackie Chen and Chris Tucker as protagonists. Conventions of comedy can be explained by setting, sound, lighting, character types and so on. The Chinese cultures that we often see in movies are Kung Fu, sword fighting, Chinese Buddhist temple and kids being toughed Kung Fu, etc. I will be describing how a scene from Rush Hour 3 employs convention of comedy to support Chinese cultures by using stylistic elements such as mise-en-scene, sound and character types and freedom as a…

Last month, I had a chance to visit both Mahayana temple and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The reason I picked Buddhist temple and Catholic cathedral is because I’m personally fascinated with some beliefs in Buddhism, and I am also interested in Catholic traditions. At first, I had thought that this trip would be boring and rough, but I have to admit that I enjoyed it a lot and I’ve got many things out of it. In this reflection, I will share some of my experiences of both sites, and I will also…

Buddhist teachings in conjunction with the XVII Dalai Lama have an immense impact on the daily lives of Buddhist adherents worship and the formation of ethical decisions in regards to abortion. Buddhist teachings consisting of the Five Precepts, The Four Noble Truths, The Noble Eightfold Path, and the natural laws of Karma and Nirvana influence and guide adherents through important ethical decisions. Puja influences adherents as it sets out to seek clarification on Buddhist teachings, especially…

concept that the endurance of pain can be used as a tool for the development of concentration. I was first introduced to Chan meditation after participating in a short group meditation sit, held at a park in Downey and organized by the Lu mountain temple. The participants mainly discussed pain, and how concentrating on the discomfort can help relieve it. This experience left me with three major questions; what is Chan Buddhism? ; Why do they choose to put themselves through intense discomfort…

Unlike other religions because Buddhists are so focused about themselves internally they do not have to even attend the temple or participate in rituals on a normal bases. But they do have 3 rites of passage at birth, marriage, and death. At birth Buddhists have a formal naming by the temple, after the naming of the baby minks bless and sprinkle holy water on the baby. Afterward they melt a wax candle in a bowl that symbolizes the union of four basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water.…

that avoids the extremes of denial and indulgence and proposes a middle way (Noble Eightfold Path). A significant figure that contributes to the Buddhist teachings in the global community is his holiness the ‘Dalai Lama’ the manifestation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion a central figure who has made social, cultural and scriptual impacts in the Buddhist society. In the same way a crucial aspect of Buddhism is the understandings towards its stance on ethical teachings and the personal…