Hey Hasene
I believe that by your enquiry. It does show that you have good
affinity with Buddhism.
Most Buddist will do bowing, flower, incense etc offerings
before the Buddha. All these are consider skillful means. Do
bear in mind that Buddha does not need any of our offerings. It
makes no differences to him.
As Buddha is our teacher and we are his student. The
skillful means are meant to humble us so that we
can learn to overcome the three poison; ignorance, greed and
pride.
Lotus Sutra Chapter 2 said
And if persons, in the presence of such memorial
towers,
such jeweled images and painted images,
should with reverent minds make offerings
of flowers, incense, banners or canopies,
or if they should employ persons to make music,
striking drums or blowing horns or conch shells,
playing pipes, flutes, zithers, harps,
balloon guitars, cymbals and gongs,
and if these many kinds of wonderful notes
are intended wholly as an offering;
or if one with a joyful mind
sings a song in praise of the Buddha's virtue,
even if it is just one small note,
then all who do these things have attained the Buddha way.
If someone with a confused and distracted mind
should take even one flower
and offer it to a painted image,
in time he would come to see countless Buddhas.
Or if a person should bow or perform obeisance,
or should merely press his palms together,
or even should raise a single hand,
or give no more than a slight nod of the head,
and if this were done in offering to an image,
then in time he would come to see countless Buddhas.
Hence next time, when you are in the temple, just know that
whatever one does. Each acts are a offering to Buddha and the
merits accrued will help in your practice.
Gassho
Thanks for your good words. I am still
searching.