Thank You for the Gifts
From Cody Sim (Singapore) - Card
From Cody Sim (Singapore) - Gift. What a beautiful painting. Thanks.
From Dr. Ming, Dr. Chong and their children - card.
From Dr. Ming, Dr. Chong and their children - gifts.
From Elsie Toy (Singapore) - card.
From Elsie Toy (Singapore) - gifts.
Again I thank everyone for their gifts…
Tsem Rinpoche
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Em… dearest Tsem Tuku, would you have the kindness to let me know your personal postal adress and maybe give me a timy hint what kind of gift would make you very happy… I am simply clueless what kind of gift would be precious enough for you… I am just find an empty silent space inside when I want to use my intuition on this… Love.
This is really a great way to show your appreciation to the Lama, to give some nice gifts to him. Everybody likes to get gifts, gifts are nice. They make people happy, they make YOU happy while giving them and seeing their smile… It is priceless… Mr Cody Sim from Singapore actually makes a very good point in his letter. It is that you should not give up on people! The painting of Buddha looks very nice. The gifts from Dr. Ming, Dr. Chong, and their children to Rinpoche are laid out nicely and they look so very pretty! We should give gifts to our Lama to show our Appreciation for the greatest gift he have been giving us all this time, the gift of the path to enlightenment!
Rinpoche had always reminded us that holy beings,like Spiritual Guides and Buddhas do not need our offerings but we need to make offerings to accumulate merits.
Besides good motivation as jamie pointed out so clearly , the object of offering is important. If we make offerings to those who have benefitted us more, then the action will be be more meritorious.It is more meritorious to make offerings to one’s parents than, say , just a friend because parents have been kind to us when we need them most , as babies in the womb and during infancy and extending all the way to adulthood.
Even the kindness of parents cannot match those of our gurus and Spiritual Guides because their love extends beyond this present life into countless future lives.Our parents cannot do that.
Therefore offerings made to RInpoche have the highest merit and its great to see so many spontaneously making such offerings.
Terima Kasih Rinpoche!
Delightful that the Singapore Group is in constant touch with Rinpoche and are appreciative of His contributions to them. These gifts reflect their love and commitment to the Dharma and especially the field of merit that Rinpoche stands for.
Taken as a kind of ‘investment’, their offerings are the planting of future Dharmic causes and fruition of their own Buddhahood through Rinpoche and Kechara.
Only refuge and reliance in the Triple Gem is the highest of merit and virtue and the most worthy in the burning triple worlds and Rinpoche and Kechara have shown us so.
Sadhu! to all of them!
Rinpoche once pointed out us to us that giving gifts is never something as simple as just giving a gift. The lamas, after all, never really need gifts or anything material. It is, like we’re taught in the 50 verses of guru devotion, all about our own practice of awareness and discipline.
It is “surprising” sometimes that I might offer some really elaborate gift but Rinpoche would not say much. Then sometimes, I just offer something “simple” like some food and a card, or I’d offer something that had meant a lot to me (sentimental value or otherwise) and Rinpoche would be really delighted and happy with the offering, and even send me messages about it (how humbling).
I’ve learnt over the years that it’s all about our sincerity behind the gift – are we offering just to look good or show off? are we offering just because everyone else is? or are we offering because that’s what we really think is beautiful gift and wish to share it with Rinpoche? Or because we think it could be of some help somehow to Rinpoche’s vast work?
I’ve found this process of questioning ourselves very useful in whatever I’m doing – a good practice of “finetuning” our motivation and focus, and learning to focus outwards instead of merely on our own usually selfish attachments or intentions.
Cody is a wonderful man who loves his family and is currently living in Singapore. He got in touch with HE Tsem Tulku Rinpoche about a year back through his brother, Joshua. Ever since knowing Rinpoche, Cody’s family have seen for themselves how Dharma can benefit people.
He mms-ed me this wonderful print of Buddha one day while he was passing by a store in Singapore and said he’ll be offering this up to Rinpoche as he feels it is something nice.
It is of course meritorious to make offerings to Rinpoche as he is a Buddha but the spontaneous thought from Cody is really something I feel awe and grateful that Rinpoche has touched his heart very much.
Very beautiful gifts!