Small home altar Buddha statue (also, Tara, Kwan Yin or other Buddhist deity statuary) Incense burner Offering bowls and small oil lamp (for Tibetan Buddhist altar) Thangkas (religious paintings; again, for Tibetan Buddhist home) Meditation cushions or benches Copies of sacred texts in translation, such as the Dhammapada or sutras Calligraphic scroll (for Zen Buddhist home) Brocade altar cloth (usually for Zen home altar) Small meditation gong with cushion and striker