Visitor Guide

A Guide to Temple Etiquette 

Visitor Information

• Please remove your shoes before entering the Buddhist worshipping and praying areas of the Temple.

• Don't touch sacred statues, Buddha Statues or Tooth relics in the worship area.

• When visiting the temple dress modestly. Please cover up. Show Respect. 

• Do remove hats, sunglasses, and shoes when entering a worship area.

• Do silence your mobile phone, remove headphones and lower your voice.

• Do show respect.

• Do not smoke, use drugs or alcohol, spit, chew gum, or snack while walking around. MANY Theravada monks do not eat at afternoon.

• Do not disturb monks or anyone else who are worshipping.

• Women may never touch a monk or his robes. Even hugs from a monk's own mother are off limits while he is in monkhood. Touching a monk on accident (e.g., brushing against the robes in a crowded place) requires the monk to perform a lengthy cleansing process, assuming he acknowledges the contact.

• Sexual Intercourse is forbidden for monks.

• If you must hand a monk something (e.g., Donation), put the object down in front of the table that the monk sits at and allow the monk to pick it up.