Q: Bodhidharma stated that the most important practice in order to attain Buddhahood is to see the mind.?owever, according to the sutra, if sentient being conducts the Buddha-work of building temple, she or he will achieve Buddhahood. How should I understand this?

A: A temple is called Ga Rahm in Sanskrit which means the purified place.?Therefore, the Buddha-work of building temple means to root out the Three Poisons forever, to cleanse the Six Sense-Faculties, and to calm and purify inner and outer body and mind.?

Q: What does it mean in the sutra that if any one builds Buddha-statue, she or he will achieve Buddhahood?

A: Building Buddha-statue symbolizes the true nature and unfathomable form of Tathagata. Therefore, whoever wants liberation has to build the True Suchness-Buddha Nature through the Three Accumulations of Pure Precept and the Six Paramitas.?

Q: What is the true meaning of offering incense to Buddha?

A: To offer incense to Buddha means to get rid of all defiled scents of ignorance and to destroy evil karma of ignorance.?here are five kinds of incenses.?irst, the Sila-incense, which cuts all evil and practice wholesome deed. Second, the Samadhi-incense is the mind to believe in Mahayana and not to back away from it. Third, the Prajna-incense, which always observes inner and outer body and mind. Fourth, the Vimukti-incense, which cuts all binding of ignorance. Fifth, the knowledge of Vimukti-incense observes and knows all things clearly and completely without obstacles.

Q: What is the true meaning of offering flowers to Buddha?

A: It means to conduct benefits to sentient beings through explaining the merit-flower of true Dharma and to spray and decorate the nature of True Suchness.

Q: What is the true meaning of lighting Jahng Myung Latern in Dharma Hall?

A: The lantern symbolizes the right enlightened mind. Lantern illustrates the clearness of enlightened wisdom. Therefore, if whoever seek liberation make their body as a lamp stand, their mind as a lamp oil container, their belief as a wick, and their moral deed as oil, the brightness of their wisdom will become like a lantern.?ahng Myung Latern means one lantern lighting millions of lanterns, and their brightness is endless.?

Q: What does it mean to Conduct Tao Six Times?

A: It means to conduct Tao six times per day. That is, it means the activities of the Six Sense-Faculties always conduct Buddhahood.?uddha means enlightenment; therefore, Conducting Tao Six Times is to practice all enlightened deeds, to summit Six Sense-Faculties, and to sustain the purity of the Six Sense-Faculties for a long time.