• In human world, we born after staying about 6 months in uterine space which is uncanny place in women’s body, but gods born as mirror creation with seeing beautiful environments without any uncanny birth.
• As inborn child can't do his own works, but inborn gods can do every thing as soon as they birth.
• Gods and goddesses birth in youth age (about 30 – 35 look like in human world) with own cloths, houses, gardens & ornaments.
• Humans live in every short period of life time which is not enough do his desired works, but gods have huge life time so he can do lot of things & practice Dharma in his heavenly relaxations.
• God's don't get old with bad skin colors, corrugation or body sicknesses.
• God's houses, gardens and properties are no needed to maintain, clean or refresh as human world, because they don't decays or become dusty.
• In heaven there have gods & goddesses who saw & talk with Lord Buddha, so we can meet such gods and learn pure Dharma which was told by Buddha.
• Gods can see many things by using Devine-Eye such as sufferings in hells.
• Heavens don't have big possibilities to do sins as big as human world.

Sri Lankan Buddhist pujas can be categorized as following : 

• Offer sweet odors & colorful flowers for virtue powers of Lord Buddha, Dharma & Noble Sangha
• Light incense sticks & offer odors for infinitive precepts & concentration of Lord Buddha
• Light oil lamps or colorful bulbs for wisdom of Lord Buddha
• Foods (drinks & meals) pujas for Lord Buddha & Sangha 
• Offer & keep flags with calm colors for Lord Buddha near the stupas or Bodi trees
• Offer cloths & other important things for sangha or temple
• Bodhi pujas as respect to wisdom of Lord Buddha near Bodhi tree
• Stupa pujas as respect to enlighten monks & Buddha
• Visiting temples & meditation centers for calm our minds
• Help to maintain or build new temple or meditation rooms
• Pilgrimage places related to Lord Buddha's life time incidents
• Datu puja as respect Lord Buddha & Sangha
• Wisdom puja for last exited 28 Lord Buddha or Pachchaka Buddha.
• Blessing puja for Mitree Bodhisattva, as future Buddha

Bodhi Puja
This is common merit work done by every Buddhist for respect of wisdom of Buddha. Hence we decide to tell you how we can do right Bodhi puja. Before do body puja you must wash your body, clean your body & mouth. You must prepare fresh pure water mix with some sweet smells or flowers like jasmine into pitcher. Also you need flowers, incense sticks & oil lamps for do Bodhi puja. This puja done for as respect to unlimited wisdom of Lord Buddha, this wisdom attained near the Bodhi three. It is good you choose temple with lack of people. After you prepare those goods & you must wear white or yellow color cloths. Firstly you must offer flower basket in front of Bodhi three, light oil lamps & incense sticks. After that little time you must do simple meditation. Then you can say Buddha worshiping verses or you can recall nine virtues of Lord Buddha via your mind. Then you must take water pitcher into hand, go around the Bodhi tree & while recall nine virtuous sentences of Lord Buddha, you want to put little water drops to roots of Bodhi tree in four directions. Till water pitcher become finish you must recall virtue powers of Buddha. After that you can sit down and say loudly Buddhist sutras such as Karaniya Metta, Ratana, Maha Mangala, Anattma Lakkana, Damsak Pawatum, etc. For this puja you can use Buddhist books. Then again you must meditate some time such as 15 minutes then want to transfer did merits to gods. While do Bodhi puja, it is good concentrate sounds of leaves of trees & feel the environmental calmness. You must use at least one hour to do right Bodhi puja.
    
Stupa or Datu Puja 
This puja also same as Bodhi Puja but you don't use water, only use flowers, incense sticks & oil lamps. Stupa is building which has noble relics of Lord Buddha or noble Sangha. Every Bodhi tree, temple or stupa protected by particular god therefore while you do such puja, you can get attraction of this god too. This is powerful merit work can be done by everyone without waste money. Datu means Buddha's or enlightened monk's used goods, skeleton part, signs, marks or symbols. Popular datu is Lord Buddha's left foot mark on the top of mountain called Siripadha in Sri Lanka. Other world famous datu is Lord Buddha's left tooth in temple tooth or right tooth in Somawathi stupa. In Kalani temple have gem chair which was Lord Buddha used to sit down when visiting Sri Lanka once time. White Ruman Wali stupa in Anuradhapura which was built by king Dutugamunu, have relics of Buddha's & enlightened Sangha's skeleton parts. Cause of reasons that Buddha & Noble Sangha got rid from every pains, sufferings & rebirthing hence we respect to those stupa & datu.
   
Offer Flowers, Oil Lamps, Incense Sticks & Foods
Buddhist people offer flowers for Buddha, Dharma & Sangha for their virtue powers. These flowers must be small flowers such as jasmine. Flowers can be different colors. But normally not include heavy & big red flowers. These flowers must be put into basket made from woods, plastic, brass or gold. For datu pujas, we only use white small flowers. Red, white & blue water flowers also use as such puja. When we keep flowers, we understand unsteadiness via seeing flowers are faded after some time. As well as flowers, we worship Buddha from oil lamps as respect to ultimate wisdom of Lord Buddha. Oils must made from coconut, king coconut or sandalwood. Lamps use to light oils must make from brass, gold or mud. Incense sticks use to respect of great precepts & Samadhi concentration of Lord Buddha. Incenses must be flowers or sandalwood smells. Buddha puja room can made in neat room or tall table keeping with Buddha statue, Bodi leaves & small stupa where you can offer flowers, odors & oil lamp to Lord Buddha in your home. People use to offer meals for Lord Buddha in home because it is said merit incomes of this puja is as same as offer meals to living Lord Buddha. It is good to keep in mind that hard foods such as rice & curry offer only morning 5am to 8am & 11am to 1pm only. But soft drinks, juices & porridges can offer any time on day but perfect times are 10am & 3pm to 7pm.
  
Visiting Places related to Buddhism (Pilgrimages)
Lord Buddha said in Parinirvana sutra that, visiting historic places & relics of Buddha or fully enlightened sangha are helped to gain powerful merit incomes till we get nibbana. Buddha especially said that four places where related to Buddha’s life incidents are very helpful to pilgrimage & gain merits. Those are : place where Buddha born (Lumbini Sala Park), location where Buddha enlighten (Buddhagaya), places where Buddha preach first sutra called Dharma Circle (Migadaya) & location where Buddha passed away (Kusiranawa). Apart from these places other places in India are very important such as temple where Buddha said lot of sutras & stay longtime such as Getawanaramaya & Isipatanaramaya. In Sri Lanka there have lot of places & temple where have Buddha's datus, branches of Bodhi trees, stupas & temples. When seen these places our mind become calm & relax, this is noble feeling which help to gain merits. All Sri Lankan Buddhist must worship these places such as Temple of tooth where have left tooth of Buddha, right tooth of Buddha in Somawathi stupa near to Polonnaruwa, Kiriwahera temple where Buddha stayed in Nirodha Samadhi in seven days, Kalaniya temple where Buddha preached Dharma in Sri Lanka, Sri Padha mountain where have mark of Buddha's left foot & Sri Maha Bodhi tree where have first branch of great Bodhi tree.
  
Puja For Past 28 Lord Buddhas
Another puja is done by Buddhist people called as wisdom puja for past existed 28 Buddha. Some temples in Sri Lanka have stupas for 28 Buddhas, but some temples haven't. Hence we can do this puja near any Bodhi tree or temple or stupa. In this puja, we offer & light 28 oil lamps for unlimited wisdom, knowledge & skills of past exited 28 Buddha. As well as you can offer 28 water flowers and light 28 incense sticks for their Precepts & Samadhi around the Bodhi tree. Our Lord Buddha also did this puja in his Bodhisattva life times for gain merit for wisdom. Especially this puja help to gain merit for take right decisions & get rid of wrong decisions in our personal life. This is very powerful puja therefore good to do in every month. Here are names of last 28 Buddha as Buddha Vansa Pali in Sutra Pitakaya :

Tanhankara - Madankara - Saranankara - Dipankara
Kondanghagha - Mangala - Sumana - Rawathi
Sohitha - Anomadassi - Paduma - Naradha
Padumothtara - Sumadha - Sujatha - Piyadassi
Athtadassi - Dhammadassi - Sidhartha - Tissa
Pussha - Vipassi - Siki - Vessabhu
Kakusandha  - Konagamana - Kassapa - Gautama

Merit Incomes of Some Buddhist Pujas

• Worshiping triple gem or Lord Buddha : Increase life span, pleasant body color, attain properties, gain luxury life & gain powers in this life and next life. Any unlucky person becomes lucky one, if he or she correctly worships Lord Buddha everyday.
• Offer flowers : Become popular and polite person to everyone in heavens & human world. Offer white flowers especially help to attain Devine-Eye. 
• Offer bulbs & light lamps : Get Devine-Eye, attain wisdom, radiate long body aura and attain healthy eyes.
• Offer odors & light incense sticks : Become popular and pleasant person with good precepts. Attain good Samadhi concentration in meditations. 
• Offer water : Become leader with pleasant body color, huge lifetime, luxury, followers, powers and can satisfy all body pleasures or likenesses.
• Offer evening drinks : Attain long lifetime, have body energy, wise, nice body color, earn followers, have luxury, get rid from enemies, get rid from natural disasters, get respect from others and get rid from losing of desired things.
• Offer meals : Attain long lifetime, nice body color, gain luxury life, gain powers & wisdom.
• Offer porridge : Attain long lifetime, nice skin color, gain luxury life, gain powers, have healthy body, understand Dharma easily, wisdom & get every meals easily in anytime.
• Offer flags : Rebirth in higher societies among heaven or human world, can learn music or dance or other art related subjects easily & become popular person.
• Offer five pleasant sounds : Can learn music or dance or other art subjects easily & become popular among heaven or human world.
• Cleaning areas in temples, stupas & Bodi trees : Rebirth with full healthy body & organs,  get gold color skin, get soft skin, strong body, long life time, earn popularity, get rid from skin sicknesses, gods become attract to you, repel enemies and develop wisdom.