Benten, also called Benzaiten, (Japanese: Divinity of the Reasoning Faculty), in Japanese mythology, one of the Shichi-fuku-jin (Seven Gods of Luck); the Buddhist patron goddess of literature and music, of wealth, and of femininity.

Most Buddhist practices involve chant in some form, and some also make use of instrumental music, and even dance. Music can act as an offering to the Buddha, as a means of memorizing Buddhist texts, and as a form of personal cultivation or meditation.

Monk are just not allowed to pursue music. They don’t have to run from the room if music happens to be playing.

Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

Tara

Followers of Buddhism don’t acknowledge a supreme god or deity. They instead focus on achieving enlightenment—a state of inner peace and wisdom. When followers reach this spiritual echelon, they’re said to have experienced nirvana. The religion’s founder, Buddha, is considered an extraordinary man, but not a god.

Drinking this kind of beverage whether one knows it as alcohol or not can be considered as transgression of vows. Despite the great variety of Buddhist traditions in different countries, Buddhism has generally not allowed alcohol intake since earliest times.

The Basic Teachings of Buddha which are core to Buddhism are: The Three Universal Truths; The Four Noble Truths; and • The Noble Eightfold Path.

Five ethical teachings govern how Buddhists live. One of the teachings prohibits taking the life of any person or animal. Buddhists with this interpretation usually follow a lacto-vegetarian diet. This means they consume dairy products but exclude eggs, poultry, fish, and meat from their diet.

Lay Buddhists do eat onions and garlic, but anything from the Allium family (onions, garlic, leeks, spring onions, etc.) are avoided by monks and Lamas because they hinder meditation by causing intestinal gas.

Buddhists monks choose not to marry and remain celibate while living in the monastic community. Monks do not have to spend the rest of their life in the monastery – they are completely free to re-enter mainstream society and some only spend a year as a monk.

Vegetarianism. The monastic community in Chinese Buddhism, Vietnamese Buddhism and most of Korean Buddhism strictly adhere to vegetarianism. Japanese Buddhist sects generally believe that Buddha ate meat.

But in his discourse, he uttered a myth himself. He claimed that “the Buddha died of meat-eating”. Jha says that “Buddha died of pork-eating” and “phrase for that (in Pali) is sūkar-maddava”. He believed and claimed that ‘sūkara-maddava’ is nothing but pork.

Atheism in Buddhism, Jainism While Buddhism is a tradition focused on spiritual liberation, it is not a theistic religion. The Buddha himself rejected the idea of a creator god, and Buddhist philosophers have even argued that belief in an eternal god is nothing but a distraction for humans seeking enlightenment.

“Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” means “devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra,” which is the foundation of Nichiren practice. “Itadakimasu” means “I receive,” and is an expression of gratitude to everyone who had a hand in preparing the meal. In Japan, it is also used to mean something like “Let’s eat!”

In Buddhism, ceremonies are meant to provide a blessing. Monks and nuns are also believed to be able to convey spiritual power by giving a blessing (Sanskrit: adhiṣṭhāna, Pali: adhiṭṭhāna) through chanting, a blessed object or some other means.

Those who remain present the deceased with food to show them – as they linger on Earth in consciousness – that they are loved in death as they were loved in life. “It’s their last meal, so to speak.” Food is also offered to Buddha at funerals as an act of generosity.

10 Beautiful Buddhist Prayers To Meditate On

• Being Peace. If we are peaceful,
• With Every Breath. With every breath I take today,
• Bodhisattva Prayer For Humanity* May I be a guard for those who need protection,
• Offering The Mandala. Here is the great Earth,
• Sky Is Free. Sky is free.
• Prayer For Youth.
• Giving To Those In Need.
• Harmony.

O Blessed One, Shakyamuni Buddha, Precious treasury of compassion, Bestower of supreme inner peace, You, who love all beings without exception, Are the source of happiness and goodness; And you guide us to the liberating path.

As a syncretic Buddhist, I have never personally heard “haha”. You may be mistyping or mishearing “Svāhā (in Tibet: soha)” which is a common phrase in mantras, meaning “well said”. Although “amen” is a very strongly Christian word, it has somewhat of a correlation to svaha in that it tends to finish off “prayers”.

Buddha is not a creator god, though some practices do see him as divine. That said, prayer is not meant as an offering to Buddha. There are a vast array of prayers, and no right way to pray as a Buddhist.

The Buddhist money mantra, “Om Vasudhare Svaha,” is a prayer to the earth goddess, Vasudhara. The chant should be repeated 108 times in order to be blessed by deities who will shower them with abundance.

Worshippers may sit on the floor barefoot facing an image of Buddha and chanting. They will listen to monks chanting from religious texts, perhaps accompanied by instruments, and take part in prayers.

Take the white string and wrap it around the Buddha image, water vessel and the object being blessed. Light the candles or incense on the altar. Then allow each member of the sangha to told it, forming a complete circle.

To return a greeting, say “阿弥陀佛” (Ēmítuófó, Amitabha) on all occasions and it will almost never go wrong; it show s humility. Amitabha was a bodhisattva’s name, but in daily conversations, it just means “Buddha bless you” and indicates politeness. It can also be used as an exclamation, similar to “Oh my god!”

The Triple Gem – The protection of Buddha, the protection of Dharma and the protection of Sanga are the triple gem. By now you may know very well that all these phrases have two meanings. One is worldly, will guide you to a better life but with defilements and have reasons to continue this life circle.

May you have the protection of Buddha

TIRATANA

Three Jewels ‘ In fact, so important are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, they’re referred to as the Triratna, or the Triple Gem of Buddhism. To proclaim devotion to these three things is to be a Buddhist.