A monk will be hired to chant some Buddhist scriptures and perform a simple ceremony at the morgue instead of at a funeral parlor. |
The scriptures followed by the trainees are the Mahayana sutras, taught by the Buddha and other Buddhist masters. |
A commoner can practice the latter two means of attaining salvation, even if he is illiterate and unable to study the scriptures on his own. |
Veda, Ramayan and Gita are the three and the only three supreme scriptures of Hindus. |
In 771 he presented a petition to the throne asking that 77 scriptures in 101 scrolls that he had translated be added to the canon of scriptures. |
Tibetan monks will go around Paoma Mountain on the edge of the city to chant scriptures. |