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First off, Buddhists do not worship any person or deity, including The Buddha. We show him reverence by bowing to his image but we do not say prayers to him. So Buddhists do not worship anyone or thing.

What we do is not called worship but it is called "Practice", since we are trying (practicing) to follow the teachings of The Buddha. Sometimes this is also referred to as following the path or following the Dharma. We Practice (hopefully) at all times every day. Therefore if we practice well, we treat all our waking time as "holy" or special.

As for meditation, many Buddhists will a have a shrine or shrine room where we practice our meditation. Many time it will have a statue of The Buddha and pictures of the teachers we follow; again, not as worship but as a reminder of our goal (enlightenment), to honor the teachers who help us along the path and honor the Buddha for bringing us the teachings.

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