Buddhist Prcatices

Places of Worship - "T b r t k t s c, r w f a o o i c a s a t f o m i t s p" - Lama Rinpoche

"To be required to keep the shrine clean, replenished with flowers and other offerings is considered a skilful activity to focus one's mind in the spiritual place"

Places of Worship - "T i m s r. T i n n f t, n n f c p. O o b, o o h i o t; t p i k" - Dalai Lama

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindess"

Puja - "W j h I o r t t B, t D, a t S" - The Triple Gen

"With joined hands I offer respect to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha"

Puja - "P i n f t B, w i b n, b f o, t p o m a a m" - Dalai Lama

"Puja is not for the Buddha, who is beyond need, but for ourselves, to purify our minds and accumulate merit"

Samatha Meditation - "J a a c c b w f, m c l w a s l" - Buddha

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life"

Samatha Meditation - "W y m b s, u y b a t m t t h o y m a" - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breaths as the means to take hold of your mind again"

Vipassana Meditation - "W y c h b r… p l c w… r i p" - Zenshin, Zen Monk

"When your consciousness has become ripe… pure like clear water… realisation is possible"

Vipassana Meditation - "A t w a i t r o w w h t: i i f o o t, i i m u o o t" - Buddha

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts"

Death - "L i t c o b a d" - Dhammapada

"Long is the cycle of birth and death"

Death - "A s t a s t d. S f y l w d" - Pali Canon

"All subjected things are subject to decay. Strive for your liberation with diligence"

Death - "D i c; l i u" - Buddha

"Death is certain; life is uncertain"

Wesak - "T i t d t e, i o o l, B t" - Said by Buddhist Communities

"Today is the day to exemplify, in our own lives, Buddha's teachings"

Parinirvana Day - "A s t a s t d. S f y l w d" - Pali Canon

"All subjected things are subject to decay. Strive for your liberation with diligence"

What texts do Buddhists read on Parinirvana Day?

Mahaparinirvana Sutra

Retreats - "F s, p m, w a i t g, w n t a s" - Lama Thubten Yeshe

"For spiritually, pure morality, wisdom and insight to grow, we need time and space"

Karuna - "T k t a h a m s w i t g o c" - Dalai Lama

"The key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion"

Karuna - "C i t w t a s b b f o s" - Dalai Lama

"Compassion is the wish that all sentient being be free of suffering"

Meta - "O s c l-k t a t w" - Pali Canon

"One should cultivate loving-kindness towards all the world"

Meta - "H d n c b h, b o b l" - Buddha

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love"

Karma - "I y s o a w a c h, t s f y… i y s o a w a b h, t h f y" - Buddha, Dhammapada

"If you speak or act with a corrupt heart, then suffering follows you… if you speak or act with a bright heart, then happiness follows you"

Karma - "W w t, w b" - Buddha

"What we think, we become"

The Five Moral Precepts - "L b l o l c m i a w t w t g r t t p… i n e a m o b o m t p; a t a m" - Jan Chozen Bays, Zen Teacher

"Little by little our life comes more into alignment with the wisdom that gives rise to the precepts… it's not even a matter of breaking or maintaining the precepts; automatically they are maintained"

The Six Perfections - "M. D n d, l y l r i" - Buddha

"Meditate. Do not delay, les you later regret it"

The Six Perfections - "I i a h p, b t w p r t e o s" - Buddha

"It is a hard path, but those who persereve reach the end of suffering"