Three ways of pleasing or serving the teacher

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The three ways of pleasing or serving the teacher (Tib. མཉེས་པ་གསུམ་, Wyl. mnyes pa gsum) are:

  1. offering our practice (best way)
  2. offering service with body and speech (middling way)
  3. material offerings (lowest way)

Jokyab Rinpoche writes: "The [latter two] perfect the accumulation of merit and the [first] the accumulation of wisdom."[1]

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Further Reading

Notes

  1. Padmasambhava & Jamgön Kongtrul, The Light of Wisdom, Vol.1 (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe, 1996), page 248.