It's pretty much a monthly ritual in our family, I would say to visit the temple... But since my family moved to Canada, every time we would visit Sri Lanka, it would be a necessity to visit the temple... What most people do not know is that Buddhism is a philosophy and not a religion. It's a way of life, we may go to temple and pray, but it is often blessings that we give for the great and the loved that have left us... But there is always something that calms you at a Buddhist temple... But I find that true at most sites of worship...
Any how here's a bunch of pictures I happen to take at a very sacred site in Sri Lanka, the Kande Viharaya...
The meaning of the word "Buddha" is the "Awakened One".... Enlightened and aware of the world, the universe exactly as it is...
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared..."
- Buddha
"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"
-Buddha
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| Buddhist Stupa |
"In the sky there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.."
- Buddha
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