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=== Other practices ===
[[File:Walk_with_lighted_candles_in_hand_around_a_temple.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Circumambulation]] around a temple or a stupa is also a common devotional practice.]]
Laypersons and monks also perform various types of religious practices daily or during [[Buddhist holidays]]. One of these is keeping a [[Buddhist shrine]] with a picture or statue of the Buddha for devotional practice in one's home, mirroring the larger shrines at temples.<ref name=":6">[https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khantipalo/wheel206.html Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Lay Buddhist Practice The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515043013/https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khantipalo/wheel206.html |date=15 May 2019 }}.</ref> It is common to offer candles, incense, flowers and other objects to these shrine.<ref name=":6" /> Gestures of respect are also done in front of Buddha images and shrines, mainly the respectful salutation with the hands (''añjalikamma''), and the five-limb [[Prostration (Buddhism)|prostration]] (''pañc'anga-vandana'').<ref name=":6" />

[[Buddhist chant|Buddhist forms of chanting]] is also widely practiced by both monks and laypersons, who may recite famous phrases such as the taking of [[Refuge (Buddhism)|refuge]], the [[Metta Sutta]] and the [[Mangala Sutta]] in front of their shrine. Chanting may also be part of the practice of recollection ([[anussati]]), which refers to contemplating various topics such as the sublime qualities of [[the Buddha]], Dhamma and Sangha or the [[Upajjhatthana Sutta|five subjects for daily recollection]].<ref name=":6" /> This may be done as part of a daily [[Puja (Buddhism)|puja]] ritual.

Another important religious practice for the devout is the keeping of special religious holidays known as [[Uposatha]] which are based on a lunar calendar. Laypersons commonly take the eight precepts while visiting a temple or monastery and commit to focusing on Buddhist practice for the day.<ref name=":6" />

Study (''ganthadhura'') of the Buddhist texts and listening to [[Dharma talk|Dhamma talks]] by monks or teachers are also important practices.