Along with the rest of the delegates, I take my place under the Bodhi tree, which is right beside the temple. Sitting on oriental rugs that have been laid out for us, we face an altar laden with dragon fruit, pomegranates, pink roses, and a statue of the Buddha. A Theravadin monk l...
They married and lived in harmony, doing good works for the temple. Yaem was a supportive husband. Once it was time for babies, he took up work as an electrical repairman and started visiting clients away from home. All went well until the altar was placed disrespectfully near the marital...
Arranging a temporary altar in front of the image of the household god, who happened to be the Goddess of Mercy, he chanted the service for the dead before it with such acceptance that the spirit of the father of his host, who had been confined in the Land of Shadows, was released fro...
This setup often included a stone table or altar under the tree, which Coomaraswamy (1993) described as the "haunt of Yakṣa". In Ceylon, similar structures are known as dagobas, and in Myanmar, they are called shwedagon, both terms suggesting a "relic chamber". The term "caityagr...
Jesus said, "If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift" (Matt. 5:23-24). We quen...
The altar at Hōryūji with Shaka Trinity in central position. Legend says the central statue was made in the image of Prince Shōtoku Taishi. See below for more on this topic. Reportedly made by Kuratsukuri no Tori 鞍作止利, a Chinese (or perhaps Korean) emigrant who founded the Tori ...
Two by two they moved along the aisles and solemnly circumambulated the dagoba,standing at the end of the nave in the apse of the hall, just in the place where idol worshippers would erect an altar to their gods. It was in imitation of a tumulus destined to receive some relic of the ...