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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. ''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>  


==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).

  1. First, one's motivation should be pure (Tib. བསམ་པ་དག་པ་, Wyl. bsam pa dag pa).
  2. Second, the object or field of offering should be pure (Tib. ཞིང་དག་པ་, Wyl. zhing dag pa).
  3. 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

  1. ↑ 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
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