🕯️ Offerings

Buddhist Offerings

Traditional offerings include water, flowers, incense, light (candles/lamps), and food. These represent purification, impermanence, devotion, wisdom, and generosity.

🔗 Related Across the Mythos

Archetype
🕯️ SACRED OFFERING / DEVOTIONAL GIFT

Buddhist offerings embody the Sacred Offering archetype - material gifts representing spiritual qualities, creating merit and expressing devotion.

See parallels: Hindu puja, Greek libations, Jewish offerings →
Cross-Cultural Parallels
🕉️ Hindu Puja → Devotional offerings ☯️ Ancestor Offerings → Food and incense
Within Buddhist Tradition
🌿 Sandalwood → Incense offering 🪷 Lotus → Flower offerings 📅 Buddhist Calendar → Festival offerings