definition of prostration
Prostration (Buddhism) A prostration is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem and other objects of veneration. Among Buddhists prostration is believed to be beneficial for practitioners for several reasons, including: an experience of giving or veneration an act to purify defilements, especially conceit a preparatory act for meditation an act that accumulates merit In contemporary Western Buddhism, some teachers use prostrations as a practice unto itself, while other teachers relegate