Teaching devotees the proper way to worship

Symbolic imagery: In this engraving, the wheel represents the Buddha’s teachings accompanied by a horse and a lion.

PETALING JAYA: Its origins began about 2,500 years ago, yet the core teachings of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha live on.

However, certain practices have changed somewhat and Vijaya Samarawickrama, who is a patron of the Sasana Abhiwudhi Wardhana Society, said he had spent years trying to break the misconception behind the act of “praying”.