How to set up altar, make offerings, prostrate to the Buddha, meditate etc. | 如何设置佛坛、供养、礼拜、静坐等
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(By Tsem Rinpoche)
It is a universal truth that all beings seek fulfillment and happiness in their lives. The Buddha taught and embodied this truth and hence many find solace in his teachings and his image. That is why for Buddhists, setting up an altar to the Buddha is of paramount importance for their spiritual practice. An altar to the Buddha is the focal point from which one ushers in fulfillment, happiness and wealth into their homes and lives.
This video guide explains in a clear and modern way how to set up an altar to a holy Buddha image. It also explains how we can make offerings on the altar, how to prostrate to the Buddha and the basic meditation posture. All these practices are essential towards a fulfilling and successful spiritual practice.
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所有人在他们的生命当中，不断地寻求圆满究竟的快乐。佛陀慈悲地揭示了这真理，也因此许多人在他的教诲和法相中找到慰籍。这就是为什么对于佛教徒而言，设立供养佛陀的供坛相当于一种重要的心灵修行。就如设置一个佛坛同将圆满的快乐和财富请到家庭和生活中。
此片为学佛入门者提供了详细完整的介绍，告诉您如何设置一个供坛以供养佛陀的圣相，同时也解释了摆放供品的具体细节，如何向佛陀行礼拜，以及一些基本的冥想静坐姿势。这些基本的知识对于成功圆满的心灵修行是极其重要的。
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A great teaching which is very simple to understand and to practice. Happy to know the Buddhism way of setting an altar. I think this article will be very useful for those who are planning to move in to their new home or for some who need to do some alteration or adjustment.
I guess different people find spirituality from different figures, not just a deity. An altar, basically, where we surrender our problems and where we speak more and the truth. Prayers has a great purpose for many different reasons.
I had a very good knowledge in this article and hope to share this video to my family and friends. Thank you for the great sharing.
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Chère Astrid,
Merci pour votre intérêt pour la pratique bouddhiste, les enseignements de S.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoché et cet article. Nous allons vous notifier dès qu’il y aura une version française de cet article. Je vous ai mis une introduction pour mettre en place un petit autel chez soi pour le début.
L’autel constitue une sorte de portail par lequel les praticiens bouddhistes ou quelque soit la religion font une connexion avec le divin. Quelque soit la taille, grand ou petit, l’autel est une des premières choses qu’un praticien met en place lorsqu’il est commis à la pratique spirituelle plus approfondie.
L’autel le plus simple consiste en un image du Bouddha ou Yidam (divinité de méditation), ou une image de votre maître et quelques offrandes. Ces offrandes peuvent consister en un simple bol avec de l’eau et des quelques fleurs par exemple ou être plus élaborées consistant en des sets d’offrandes avec une signification ésotérique.
Merci beaucoup et à bientôt
Pasteur Antoinette Kass
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Thank you Rinpoche for the sharing.
The video is so complete and easy to understand. Even the new people in Buddhism that would like to set up their own altar at home also can do it easily by themselves.
Thaank you
Countless beings have relied on setting up a altar and derived tremendous benefits, from the laity to the highest lamas of the land. It is a place where we place representations of the buddha’s body speech and mind to remind us of the qualities of the Buddha and gain inspiration to practice to achieve such qualities for the benefit of others and ourselves.
Thank You Rinpoche and admin for sharing this wonderful video for everyone who are set foot into into Buddhism and spirituality. Setting up altar is important for one spiritual Journey, because it help us to focus during our meditation of Sadhana.
With a proper altar setup with Buddha statue, 8 sensory offering, water offering, stupa and Dharma text, it blesses our mind and has a very powerful calming effect. By setting up an Altar it teaches us discipline and mindfulness, as everyday when we do water offering, we need to be mindful while doing water offering as to not spill the water on the altar, and also being alert on the distance of the bowl, this is a practice of being alert and focus in a way, this is part of the meditation also to myself.
An altar is our focus point where all our spirituality begins in the day, from cleaning the altar to making water, food or medicine offerings to sitting doing our daily sadhana and meditate. This is a recommended video to learn the basic of setting up an altar and making prostrations to the Guru’s throne or lineage master on the altar.
謝謝管理層的簡短視頻演示關於設立祭壇，禮拜和冥想姿勢，为初学佛入门者提供了详细完整的介绍，這是簡單明了，建立一個如法的佛龛。
Dear Rinpoche and Admin,
Thank you for the short video presentation on setting up altar, prostrations and meditation posture.
It is simple and clear, very suitable for beginners and people who wishes to set up a nice altar at home.
Thank you Admin for the sharing the video with us. The dedication in the video is so touching.
“Where there is no Dharma, Let there be the Dharma. Where there is a misunderstanding of Dharma, may we clear it. And where the Dharma has not grown. May we make it grow.
May we take on personal responsibility, to burden and to shoulder the difficulties that our body, our speech and mind has to ensure for the sake of bringing happiness to others.
May we never run away from burdens and difficulties, mental and physical, that we may be able to shoulder and take on the burdens than others may be happy.
And others may receive happiness, and others will always abide in happiness. When we come across a difficult road, may we always choose the more difficult path and not the simple path.
In this life and in all future lives, May we never be separated from a perfect Buddha. A perfect master, a perfect lineage and always please the Buddhas by practicing.”