Prayer and meditation are important parts of each day. When Buddhists pray they pray to the Buddha or other enlightened beings. They pray in the temple as a group as well as by themselves in solitude.

When entering a temple, Buddhists will take off their shoes, put their hands together and bow to the image of the Buddha. They may also use prayer beads called malas. Some Buddhists may also have ...

The Buddhist monks of a temple in the Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, spontaneously gathered for a specia ritual to pray for ...