Buddhist rituals

thumb|A 10th century Chola dynasty bronze sculpture of the Hindu god [[Nataraja (Shiva) posing various mudras]] thumb|Indian Buddha Shakyamuni statue making the bhūmisparśa or "earth witness" mudra, thumb|12th-century Japanese scroll showing different mudra gestures

thumb|Abhisheka ritual with Panchamrita being conducted over a Hindu shrine Abhishek () is a religious rite or method of prayer in which a devotee pours a liquid offering on an image or murti of a deity. This is common to religions such as Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism.

traditional Buddhist dance

thumb|350px|Initiation (dīkṣā) of a sacrficer (yajamāna) in a Vedic Soma-yajña

offering made into fire in Indian religions

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The mask dance of the Drametse community is a sacred dance performed during the Drametse festival in honour of Padmasambhava, a Buddhist guru. Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

name for a Buddhist who has taken refuge in three treasures, following the five precepts

Buddhist ritual

Buddhist devotional practice

buddhist ritual texts performed during daily liturgical services

buddhist rites after a person's death

Buddhābhiseka (; ) refers to a broad range of Buddhist rituals used to consecrate images of the Buddha and other Buddhist figures, such as bodhisattvas.

An okāsa (Pāli; Burmese: ဩကာသ, Awgatha), sometimes known as the common Buddhist prayer, is a formulaic Theravada Buddhist prayer that is recited to initiate acts of Buddhist devotion, including obeisance to the Buddha and Buddhist monks and the water libation ritual. The term okāsa literally means "permission" in Pali, and is used to request permission to pay homage, seek forgiveness of any intentional and unintentional offenses, and precedes the undertaking of the Five Precepts.