home altar

[Shokai]

Re: home altar

Beautiful workmanship and design

[Ankai]

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Looks great... is that a speaker underneath?

[Nenka]

Re: home altar

Beautiful workmanship and design

Thanks, Shokai!

Looks great... is that a speaker underneath?

Thanks!

Uh, yeah . . . we never could find a good place to put that. ops: Maybe it shouldn't be there, but I kind of like the altar having a practical, everyday, no-big-deal function as well.

[Shutoku]

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I don't have pictures of them, but I have three Butsudan's

I am Jodo Shinshu but started out studying Soto on my own via Shasta Abbey materials, and still practice shikantaza and often chant sutras from the Soto liturgy.

In Jodo Shinshu, we either have a a scroll with the nembutsu, or a picture or statue of Amida.
Strictly speaking any picture or statue of Amida, has Amida standing not sitting. This is based on Amida's appearance in the Contemplation sutra, and also to indicate Amida is active.

So my main Butsudan features a small statue of a standing Amida, a candle, small gong, incense burner, flowers (fake ones....something of a no,no in Shin), and a stand for my o-nenju (mala).
I use this one for chanting Shin Sutras, and Nembutsu recitation.
Above the shrine sit photos of my departed cats.

Then I have a second one beside, where I practice Shikan-taza. The Butsudan is on a short table and features a seated Amida in a sort of maroon coloured stone, and incense burner, candle and flowers.beneith the shrine is a place where I have Zen Sutra books, and a small mp3 player I use as a meditation timer.

Then I have a portable Shin shrine, It is wooden with opening doors. At the centre is a scroll with a Standing Amida, and on each open door is a picture of Shinran, and on the other Rennyo. This is my travel Butsudan.

The somewhat ironic thing is two of my Amida's came from Shasta Abbey, and I have met two members of my Shinshu Temple who studied at Shasta. Sort of an odd connection.

[Onshin]

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Hello all,
all these home altars I find most inspiring, in fact I am moved by any Buddhist altar or shrine I come across. So here is mine, it has changed and evolved a lot over the years.

Gassho

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[Fuken]

Re: home altar

Manjushri got some new digs recently and I thought I'd share it here:

http://asuradharma.blogspot.com/2011/07/manjushri-altar.html

[Hoyu]

Re: home altar

Manjushri got some new digs recently and I thought I'd share it here:

http://asuradharma.blogspot.com/2011...hri-altar.html

Hi Fuken,

Never saw the previous way you had it setup but this one looks pretty cool!

Gassho,
John

[disastermouse]

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Here's mine! Second to the right is a Buddha with a laptop given to me by a close friend in 2006 or so (before I found Treeleaf). My friend was prescient!

[disastermouse]

Re: home altar

My husband just finished making this for me and I am beyond thrilled:



He also made me a seiza bench once. I think he just supports my Buddhism because it gives him projects to do. :wink:

Ah, you also re-purposed a piece of furniture. Mine used to be a TV stand.

[Ankai]

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Here's mine! Second to the right is a Buddha with a laptop given to me by a close friend in 2006 or so (before I found Treeleaf). My friend was prescient!

Mouse, my man, that's teriffic!

[Hoyu]

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Chet wrote:
Here's mine! Second to the right is a Buddha with a laptop given to me by a close friend in 2006 or so (before I found Treeleaf). My friend was prescient!

This is an awesome story! What a perfect gift which would later come to have so much significance to your practice!

Gassho,
John

[Fuken]

Re: home altar

Manjushri got some new digs recently and I thought I'd share it here:

http://asuradharma.blogspot.com/2011...hri-altar.html

Hi Fuken,

Never saw the previous way you had it setup but this one looks pretty cool!

Gassho,
John

He was perched on the ledge above the register. At the old house he was in a repurposed wing of an entertainment senter that did not make the move due to the weight restriction.

[Hoyu]

Re: home altar

Manjushri got some new digs recently and I thought I'd share it here:

http://asuradharma.blogspot.com/2011...hri-altar.html

Hi Fuken,

Never saw the previous way you had it setup but this one looks pretty cool!

Gassho,
John

He was perched on the ledge above the register. At the old house he was in a repurposed wing of an entertainment senter that did not make the move due to the weight restriction.

Sounds like a definite improvement. I see similarities in the new setup with that at the Treeleaf Zendo in Tsukuba. Was this your inspiration?

Gassho,
John

[Ekai]

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Here's mine! Second to the right is a Buddha with a laptop given to me by a close friend in 2006 or so (before I found Treeleaf). My friend was prescient!

I have the same Buddha head! But it is not on my altar, I have it on the nightstand next to my bed. My best friend gave it to me as a gift a few years ago

Jodi

[disastermouse]

Re: home altar

Here's mine! Second to the right is a Buddha with a laptop given to me by a close friend in 2006 or so (before I found Treeleaf). My friend was prescient!

I have the same Buddha head! But it is not on my altar, I have it on the nightstand next to my bed. My best friend gave it to me as a gift a few years ago

Jodi

My ex-girlfriend gave me that one.