officially prepared member conduct  worship  services. LITURGY of the congregation may Buddhist community may conduct weddings, funerals, and  other  religious  functions. The holy men of the Buddhist religion are referred to as monks. You can identify a Buddhist monk by the The  place  of  worship  is  the  temple,  pagoda,  or robe,  bonze,  and  the  shaven  head.  In  Buddhism,  yellow dagobas. The statue of Buddha is the key symbol of is the favored robe color for worship services, religious Buddhism  and  the  central  figure  in  most  temples  and events,  or  civic  ceremonies. Buddhist monks use pagodas. You must show reverence in and around this area lustral, or holy water, in their rituals. Lustral is water as a sign of respect for Buddhists and their religious beliefs. that has been poured over a statue of Buddha to obtain Buddha’s goodness. For example, Buddhist monks will The  sacred  book  of  Buddlism  is  the  Triptika, use lustral to pour over the hands of a corpse at a funeral, sometimes  known  as  the  Three  Baskets.  The  Triptika to pour over the hands of a bridal couple at a wedding, consists  of  the  following  three  sections: or to sprinkle the area around a new house. l The Vinaya Pitaka - Basket of Discipline The Buddhist calendar uses lunar dates. Dates may . The Sutta Pitaka - .  The  Abhidhamma physics In  Buddhism,  there Basket  of  Discourses vary  each  year  and  often  vary  widely  from  country  to country  in  which  Buddhism  is  practiced.  Although  most Pitaka  -  Basket  of  Meta- Buddhist  groups  will  observe  certain  festivals,  the religious festivals may differ according to the different branches  of  Buddhism.  The  Buddhist  community  in  the are  a  variety  of  worship United States embraces the Mahayana school. The services. Incense, an aid to meditation, may be burned centers for Buddhism in the United States are listed in before an image of Buddha. During worship, Buddhist figure 1-4. The address for the headquarters of the scripture  may  be  recited.  Senior  members  of  the Buddhist Churches of America is shown at the top. BUDDHIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA 1710  Octavia  Street San Francisco, CA 94190 (415) 776-5600 Aikido Ai Dojo, Whittier, CA Buddhist  Peace  Fellowship Albuquerque Zen Center, Albuquerque, NM National  Office,  Berkeley,  CA Western  Massachusetts American Institute of Mindfulness, Cambridge, Cambridge/Boston,   MA MA New  York Austin Buddhist Study Group, Austin, TX Aya Khema/Isha Mayim, Oakland, CA Washington, DC Tucson, AZ Berkeley Buddhist Priory, Albany, CA Berkeley,  CA Berkeley  Zen  Center,  Berkeley,  CA Sonoma  County,  CA Blacksburg Zen Group, Christiansburg, VA Marin County, CA Oahu,  HI Bodhi Mandala Zen Center, Jemez Springs, NM Borimsa Zen Buddhist Temple, Marina, CA Rochester,  NY Boulder/Denver,   CO Boston  Jodo  Mission,  Boston,  MA Nevada City, CA Boulder  Zen  Center,  Boulder,  CO Los Angeles, CA Brahmacari  Ratnasagara,  Arlington,  VA Buddha-Dharma  Meditation  Center,  Hinsdale,  IL Seattle,  WA Buddhist Council of North California, Berkeley, California Buddhist University, Los Angeles, CA CA California  Institute  of  Integral  Studies,  San Buddhist  Institute  San  Francisco,  Los  Gates, Francisco, CA CA Figure  14.—Buddhist  centers  in  the  United  States. 1-9