RE333 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Balinese Temple, Dewi Sri, Bodhisattva
Food Offerings Chart
Food Offerings
Hinduism
• Fruits, vegetables, milk – anything they can provide
• Offered to the gods in street processions, in homes, and in temples
• Offered by worshippers
• Dakshin Kali Festival
o Live animals are washed and then slaughtered by priests
o Sometimes the animals’ blood is thought to be food for the gods
• Styled food
• Full course meals for rice deities
• Dewi Sri, female aspect of rice (deity) is offered rice in a basket
• Ubud, Bali
o Offerings placed on the sand, to be swept into the sea for the sea goddess
o Offer flowers, coconuts, food, notes, pictures/drawings, etc.
• Offerings need to be attractive/aesthetically pleasing
• In Balinese temples priests also feed the evil spirits with an egg (or a small amount
of food) in order to keep them satisfied and away from the temples
• Volcano
o Live animals are dropped into the volcano as a sacrifice to the dangerous
spirit
Jainism
• Bring the food (i.e. uncooked rice) to the temple to meditate with, then leave for the
temple authorities to distribute to those in need
• Use food (i.e. rice, apples) to make a design on their mats, such as a swastika
• Apples are a negative symbol
Buddhism
To the monks
• Fruits, grains, nuts, etc. that was made by the lay
• Crackers, cereals, boxed food items
To the Buddha
• Popcorn, cooked rice, dried fruit (that won’t go bad)
• Fruits, prepared dishes, water, vegetables
• To Jizo Boddhisatva, people leave tea, fruit
To the ancestors
• Dishes that were favourites of the family members who
have died
• Water, rice balls, and whatever else was blessed by the
monks is spread/placed in the ground (i.e. water the plants
outside the temple or the home)
• Packaged food
• Cooked food, i.e. rice dishes
• Gravesits: take food, say a prayer, then take the food home
with them
• Home shrines: daily offer food and share a meal with the
deceased, on birthdays make favourite dishes
• Other home shrines: some of the rice from the family pot is
shared before the family eats
• Kobo Daishi:
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