1 / 6

What do Buddhist worship ?

Buddhists worship beings that have achieved enlightenment but chosen to be reborn in the world to help people. Buddhists worship Hindu Gods. What do Buddhist worship ?. Buddhists venerate and “worship” Buddhist teachings. Buddhists worship an Ultimate Reality.

austin
Download Presentation

What do Buddhist worship ?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Buddhists worship beings that have achieved enlightenment but chosen to be reborn in the world to help people • Buddhists worship Hindu Gods What do Buddhist worship ? Buddhists venerate and “worship” Buddhist teachings • Buddhists worship an Ultimate Reality • Buddhists worship the Buddha as God

  2. How Buddhists Worship If Buddhists don’t believe in a God who is powerful, omnipresent and omniscient…. How will that make their prayers different from yours? To describe how Buddhists worship To explain why Buddhists worship To evaluate if Buddhism is a religion

  3. The MettaSutta Explain how the MettaSutta Buddhist prayer is different from other prayers. **Do you think such a prayer can be effective? ie make a difference? • Read the MettaSutta. • How is it different from prayers you are familiar with? • What does it do/ ask for ? • What doesn’t it do/ ask for? • Not specifically directed to any supreme deity. • Not for any personal purpose. • Not a request for me personally for either health, wealth, or any other advantage. • It is a practice to awaken inner capacities of strength, compassion and wisdom. • It points to the blessings of Life and how to live a pure life.

  4. Use the information on your card to make notes about this type of worship. After 2 mins, swap papers. Shrines & Temples Temple Offerings & Chanting Temple Prayer Wheels & Flags House Shrine

  5. HW Is Buddhism a religion ? No • Explain that religions believe in a creator God who can help and save people. Buddhists don’t believe such a God exists or that there is anything “out there” that can help. • Explain what Buddhist teachings are about • Aims to escape from rebirth, not “heaven” with God • purifying your mind by 4 Noble truth & 8fold path, • enlightenment/ nirvana, • Explain how Buddhist worship • not about asking for help • Buddhist Gods are not really gods Yes • Explain what deities and boddhisattvas are. Show how they are divine beings • Describe how buddhists show worship: • offer food & incense, • show respect and honour to divine boddhisattvas • spin prayer wheels, • fly prayer flags.

More Related