Question asked by Silk
Dear Pastors
After I have attended the post refuge briefing, and on the topic of the offering of light, I have two set of sensory offerings can I replace the candle from the sensory offerings to oil and lighted 24/7. Appreciate your advice. Sorry I am now greedy for wisdom which I initially thought compassion is sufficient but after I have fallen in Love in Manjushri I realised that Wisdom is important so that I can practice compassion correctly. Really grateful if you can please advice me what I can do best. Thank you very much. _/\_
Hi Silk,
Sure you can.Important to know that outer offerings help us collect merit to support inner realizations and are expressions of our intentions. Inner offerings of one’s attachment and delusions like anger, etc accompanied by pure motivation of renunciation or bodhicitta are superior offerings which help us to accomplish our two collections of merit and wisdom quickly.Therefore always check our motivation when making offering. We should offer with sincerity and with purity of mind,and to ensure object of offering is obtained sincerely without deception and the best we can afford.