Never. Buddha is not a deity.
Some people may think of the Buddha in times of stress a "What wou;d Buddha do now?" moment. This is not, however, a request for intervention as is expected from Christian saints.
You have to pray and meditate a lot to become a Buddha.
they pray in templesAnswer:Prayer is not a Buddhist activity. Prayer is asking a favour of a deity. Buddha is not a deity.Some people may think of the Buddha in times of stress a "What would Buddha do now?" moment. This is not, however, a request for intervention as is expected from the Christian god or saints.
they chant praises to Buddha
Prayer is not something the Buddha encouraged. If Buddhists pray it is a personal choice to do so.Answer:Buddhists do not pray. Prayer requires something (a deity) to pray to. Buddhists have no deity which impacts their lives, so prayer would be pointless.
Another answer from our community:With all due respect to your religious beliefs, you cannot pray to a Laughing Buddha. It cannot hear you. It is not living but an object of representation.
5 times a day
The Buddha, whose name was Gautama Siddhartha, was not a god, but was a religious teacher. People pray to the Buddha in much the same sense that a Catholic might pray to a saint (and might have a statue or emblem of that saint). A statue of the Buddha is not any more idolatrous (and not any less) than a statue of the Virgin Mary, or a sculpture of Jesus Christ on the cross. Of course, Christians are more likely to approve of statuary with a Christian theme, than statuary whose theme derives from some other religion. Secular Americans often stand and contemplate statures of their heroes (Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, etc.) This is not considered idolatry only using a "thing" to focus one's thoughts. It is the same with a statue of the Buddha.
We Pray The Prayers Jesus Taught Us. And We Pray As Often As We Want. And they pray twice when they sing!
Because not everyone likes to pray or believes in what you do. If your Christan then would you want your child to pray to Buddha everyday?
The river Ganges is connected to the Gautam Buddha. It flowed near where the Buddha lived, and the Buddha often used it as a symbol in his teachings.
Buddha is not a country.
The Buddha's first pupils were ascetics whom he originally studied under.