3 offerings

In Buddhism, the believe is that God is another being in heavenly planes and the Buddhist version of heaven is known as NIbbana. Now just to clarify this to everyone, the Buddha is not a god and there is a statue of the Buddha because it serves as a reminder that the Buddha is the teacher and the Enlightened One, meaning he or she has discovered the truth and the truth that the Buddha found out will enable us to lead a better life when we follow it. If you noticed, I used the words "he or she" when I was referring to the Buddha. This is because the Buddha is like the name of a new level, sort of like a title for a person who has reached the level of Enlightenment so the Buddha could be a male or a female.

Now you may be wondering, how could the Buddha unable to be confirmed as a male or a female? The answer is simple, in Buddhism, the believe is that there are rebirths in the cycle called Samsara cycle. So everytime rebirth occurs, it is believe that suffering occurs. So to end suffering is the aim in Buddhism and to do that is to gain Enlightenment and go to Nibbana out of the Samsara cycle. There are 3 offerings that is offered to the Buddha and they are namely, Light, Water and Flowers. All this serve as a reminder and a significant symbol. The Light is that to show the way in darkness and this means to avoid evil. Water brings that meaning of purity and thus reminds people to purify their minds to be as pure as water. Flowers simply remind people of impermenance as nothing is permanent.

This is just a small part of Buddhism, hope you have a better understanding after reading this.