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Is this a suitable subsitute for a Dharma Book for an altar?

TheEccentricTheEccentric Hampshire, UK Veteran
in Arts & Writings
Could I just right down the four noble truths and eightfold path or just an extract froma a sutra on a peace of card instead of a whole sutra Dharma book to represent The Buddha's teaching's on an altar?
lobster

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  • DavetheseekerDavetheseeker
    If I'm not mistaken, any of Buddhas teachings are acceptable.
    The Heart Suttra is a good choice I remember reading.
    Just be sure whatever you choose, it is kept clean and can even be wrapped in a cloth, in a respectful way. In cherishing and respecting what is written.
    Do what you can, it is the intention that counts.
    Jeffrey
  • lobsterlobster Veteran
    Yes. Even one mantra is a summary of Dharma. Your idea is better though.
  • CinorjerCinorjer Veteran
    I agree with the previous posters. Actually, it seems to me what's necessary is that the sutra or verse or message mean something to you, personally.
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    @TheEccentric -- Anything you do is better than a pre-packaged sutra.
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    As it says in the pre-packaged "Dhammapada," "Better your own Dharma [truth], however weak, than the Dharma [truth] of another, however noble."
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