welcome to meditation practice, while in the shrine room
we offer these basic guidelines:
- remove hats and shoes before entering.
- traditionally one sits cross-legged on a cushion on the floor. if this is not possible because of physical problems, one may sit in a chair.
- feel free to bring your own cushion, it may be left in the shrine room.
- dharma books & puja texts should not be put on the floor, but on a table or cushion..
- do not face the souls of your feet towards the shrine or the teacher.
- do not face the souls of your feet towards the shrine or the teacher.
- when entering the shrine room, a buddhist practitioner may do three prostrations facing the shrine, or make a short bow with hands folded. this is done as a symbol of the surrender of oneself and the desire to benefit all beings.
- it is appropriate to stand when a lama enters the room, sitting only after the lama is seated.
