Temple of Enlightenment
To speak no ill, to do no harm, to practice restraint according to
the fundamental preceptors, to be moderate in eating, to live in
seclusion, to devote oneself to higher consciousness, this is the
teaching of the Buddha
Temple of Enlightenment
Praying the Buddhist Way
The purpose of Buddhist prayer is to awaken our inherent inner capacities of strength, compassion and wisdom rather than to petition external forces based on fear, idolizing, and worldly and/or heavenly gain. Buddhist prayer is a form of meditation; it is a practice of inner reconditioning. Buddhist prayer replaces the negative with the virtuous and points us to the blessings of Life.
Monkhood
Buddhism, like most other religions, originated in a particular place at a particular time, and its roots are in forms and ideas that were part of the environment in which it developed. The most important of these areas at the time of the Buddha was the valley of the Ganges river which flows from west to east across most of northern India. It was here that the great religions of India first arose and flourished.