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Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:11 am
by dharmatheway84
The purpose of this thread is to share your home Altar with other members of the dhammawheel.com Sangha. As a new Buddhist, I am not sure if this is tasteful or not and if not please feel free to let me know and the thread will end there.

Otherwise, please post your home Altar setup. :buddha1:

Here is mine so far. Sorry for the poor photo quality.
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-Michael

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:53 am
by DooDoot
Tropical alter

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:01 am
by Lucas Oliveira
your home altar/shrine
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:anjali:

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:40 pm
by dharmatheway84
Thank you for sharing DooDoot and Lucas. I would enjoy seeing other forum member's Altars if you care to share.

-Michael

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:15 am
by salayatananirodha
i have thrown together little altars from time to time inspired by día de los muertos and janussoni sutta
just a few food items, some buddha figurines, flowers, dhamma, and water (offering to ghosts)
i made this one soon after dylanj died; he sent me that copy of deliverance of the heart.
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Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:31 am
by thomaslaw
Buddha & Brahma

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:50 pm
by Ontheway
I got this Buddha image from a Royal Temple in Thailand, Wat Rai King.

The Buddha image seated on a throne with Maravijaya posture. Everyday my family members will make Puja offerings such as incense, clean drinkable water, lamp, and have chanting session in front of the Buddha image every day and night.

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:31 am
by thomaslaw
Ontheway wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:50 pm I got this Buddha image from a Royal Temple in Thailand, Wat Rai King.

The Buddha image seated on a throne with Maravijaya posture. Everyday my family members will make Puja offerings such as incense, clean drinkable water, lamp, and have chanting session in front of the Buddha image every day and night.
Thanks for sharing. Your Buddha image is very good presentation indeed in your home altar for devotional practices, such as chanting.

You mention "Puja offerings" for your home altar. Puja is certainly an essential ritual of Hinduism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism).

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:45 am
by Ontheway
thomaslaw wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:31 am
Ontheway wrote: Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:50 pm I got this Buddha image from a Royal Temple in Thailand, Wat Rai King.

The Buddha image seated on a throne with Maravijaya posture. Everyday my family members will make Puja offerings such as incense, clean drinkable water, lamp, and have chanting session in front of the Buddha image every day and night.
Thanks for sharing. Your Buddha image is very good presentation indeed in your home alter for devotional practices, such as chanting.

You mention "Puja offerings" for your home alter. Puja is certainly an essential ritual of Hinduism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism).
It is a common tradition in Indian religion (including Buddhism). It was considered as gifting ceremony, which usually done when meeting a holy person in the ancient India. To quote your Wikipedia link "to host and honour a guest"...

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:42 am
by sunnat
Inside

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Outside

Image

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:21 pm
by Ontheway
Inside...

What is that picture? And the octagon shape in the middle, remind me of some sort of fengshui thing.

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:46 pm
by un8-
Image

I'm not a ritualistic person, so this is all I have. My mom bought me the statue, I didn't ask for it, she doesn't know anything about Buddhism, and is a shop-aholic.

My spouse put it under the lavender flowers.

Re: Post Your Home Altar

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:28 pm
by sunnat
If you click on the pic it should zoom. It's a buddha sitting on a platform supported by 4 elephants on a crocheted 8 sided thing