Worship and rituals

• Puja


  Ceremonies that involve offerings or gifts. During these ceremonies, there will also be meditation and prayer. This is known as devotional practices and its purpose is to enable Buddhists to express how grateful they are to the Buddha for what he taught. This allows them to show respect for his teachings.
• Puja


  • Can help Buddhists to overcome suffering
  • Is one of The Three Refuges (or Three Jewels) to the Buddha for refuge
• Puja brings Buddhists to the Buddha, helping them to find answers to overcome suffering
• Puja is important as it is carried out both at home and in the temple
• Buddhist devotional practices


  • Mantra - Buddhists may chant repetitively as a form of meditation
  • Chanting - Buddhists may sing the scriptures
  • Mala - Buddhists may use a string of beads to help them focus during meditation
  • Meditation - Buddhists may use meditation to open themselves to a higher state of oneness
• Meditation is central to Buddhism
• Offerings in Puja


  • Candles - a mark of light and them
  • Flowers - which serve as a reminder of the impermanence of life
• Offerings in Puja help Buddhists to become more deeply devoted to the Buddha and to open themselves to understand the Buddha Dhamma (Dharma)
• Buddhists may carry the mala with them in their daily life to use for meditations and prayers where they may set aside a special place in their home for worship, in this place there may be offerings during worship