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'''Offerings''' should be made in accordance with the '''three purities''' (Tib. དག་པ་གསུམ་, ''dakpa sum'', [[Wyl.]] ''dag pa gsum''). | '''[[Offerings]]''' should be made in accordance with the '''three purities''' (Tib. དག་པ་གསུམ་, ''dakpa sum'', [[Wyl.]] ''dag pa gsum''). | ||
#First, one's motivation should be pure (Tib. བསམ་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. ''bsam pa dag pa''). | #First, one's motivation should be pure (Tib. བསམ་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. ''bsam pa dag pa''). | ||
#Second, the object or field of offering should be pure (Tib. ཞིང་དག་པ་, Wyl. ''zhing dag pa''). | #Second, the object or field of offering should be pure (Tib. ཞིང་དག་པ་, Wyl. ''zhing dag pa''). | ||
#The third purity is that of the offering substances themselves (Tib. དངོས་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. ''dngos pa dag pa''). An excellent offering is one of good provenance and of immaculate quality, well-prepared or well-arranged.<ref>[[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Drops of Nectar|The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech]], a detailed commentary on [[Shantideva]]’s [[Bodhicharyavatara|Way of the Bodhisattva]], p.65/66. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group. Published by Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-59030-439-6, ISBN 978-1-59030-699-4</ref> | |||
#The third purity is that of the offering substances themselves (Tib. དངོས་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Latest revision as of 11:43, 19 January 2024
Offerings should be made in accordance with the three purities (Tib. དག་པ་གསུམ་, dakpa sum, Wyl. dag pa gsum).
- First, one's motivation should be pure (Tib. བསམ་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. bsam pa dag pa).
- Second, the object or field of offering should be pure (Tib. ཞིང་དག་པ་, Wyl. zhing dag pa).
- The third purity is that of the offering substances themselves (Tib. དངོས་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. dngos pa dag pa). An excellent offering is one of good provenance and of immaculate quality, well-prepared or well-arranged.[1]
References
- ↑ Khenpo Kunpal, The Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech, a detailed commentary on Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva, p.65/66. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group. Published by Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-59030-439-6, ISBN 978-1-59030-699-4