home altar

[shogyo]

Does anyone have any advice on setting up and maintaining a home altar within this tradition.

Thanks
Brian

[Piobair]

Our garden Buddha.

[Koshin]

Mike, you have a neat looking altar I would like to find a bell like yours but had no luck so far :P

Piobair, I like very much your altar, I am planning a cabinet with doors like that somewhere near this summer, and your garden Buddha is great too, I have one a little different, will post a picture as soon as I get home

[Khalil Bodhi]

Mike, you have a neat looking altar I would like to find a bell like yours but had no luck so far :P

Piobair, I like very much your altar, I am planning a cabinet with doors like that somewhere near this summer, and your garden Buddha is great too, I have one a little different, will post a picture as soon as I get home

Lipor,

Thanks. They sell them online at a few different stores. PM me if you want the link.

Gassho,

MIke

[chatteringmonkeys]

I love seeing everybody's altars, each one is so special and unique and beautiful in its own way. I like to collect buddha figures so I have a little display cubes in the wall where I keep some of them. However, I just got a nice wooden table at Winners (discount store in North America) and set up an altar a few weeks ago. And I found my buddha on the way out the store for dirt cheap. I like to think I 'rescued' him

Anyway, here is a picture of my little altar and a picture of the hallway beside it where I (rarely) sit. I need to start sitting daily and work my way up to twice daily. Baby steps :-)

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[Khalil Bodhi]

Chatteringmokeys,

Beautiful altar! Is that In the Buddha's Words or Great Disciples of the Buddha on the lower shelf? Mettaya.

Gassho,

Mike

[chatteringmonkeys]

Thank you Mike. It's In the Buddha's Words. I just got it a week ago and I want to work my way through it (bit by bit). Although things have been kind of crazy lately with summer school, so "leisure" reading is taking a bit of a hit right now

Gassho,
Darrell

[Jundo]

Thank you Mike. It's In the Buddha's Words. I just got it a week ago and I want to work my way through it (bit by bit). Although things have been kind of crazy lately with summer school, so "leisure" reading is taking a bit of a hit right now

Gassho,
Darrell

Thank you, Darrell. I very much love that book, In The Buddha's Words. Remember that the book expresses the Buddhist Teachings from the South Asian Sutta Tradition, and Buddha and Sutras come in many flavors. All lovely flavors.

Here is a little reading that may help you with a bit of history and tradition as you dive into all these "Same but different, different but just the same" Buddhas and Teachings ...

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...-ENLIGHTENMENT

Gassho, Jundo

[chatteringmonkeys]

Hi Jundo,
thanks so much for the link! I love reading about the various traditions and different sutras.

Gassho,
D-

[Gary]

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Just got my portable altar sorted at last. I have a large Buddha in the centre that I like because he's touching the earth reminding me to always remain grounded in the present, there is almost a smaller Buddha towards the back which I think is more traditional to Zen, he's the guy who comes with me when I'm away from home. There are 2 stones from our local beach one has a hole through it that symbolises an Enso, of course an image of Avalokiteshvara and finally a vanilla scented candle.

Gassho
Gary

[Myoku]

Love the simple clear setup
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Myoku

[ZenHarmony]

Very nice, Gary! Love the beach stones.

Gassho,

Lisa

[willow]

Lovely altar Gary - have just been scrolling through as missed this thread.

Your altar is very thoughtful Lisa - has inspired me to put a bit more thought into mine.

Gassho

Willow