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About the Mandala Offering From a teaching by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche at http://www.palyul.org/eng_about_mandala.htm
We accumulate merit through the practice of mandala by cutting the root of attachment or desire. The actual practice of generosity is not having a stingy mind or a mind full of desire. When you give up all attachment to external material belongings, then that is generosity. When you have that kind of practice of generosity, then you have the accumulation of merit. If we give a little thing, we accumulate some merit. If we give more, we also accumulate merit. If we give a great, huge thing, we also accumulate merit. According to the quantity, we accumulate that much merit. All the wealth of the whole universe is symbolized by the rice held in your hand. You visualize the rice as every jewel and precious stone, all the wealth of the universe, and you offer it all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the Dharma and the Sangha. When you really do it, when you really feel that you have made a great offering, then you accumulate lots of merit. It is a special technique. If you don't understand in a deeper way and just go through the motions of chanting and throwing rice, it is child's play. You need to understand everything you are doing. Only then can you accumulate merit.
prayer and utilize the Mandala offering plate. At the summer 1999 retreat, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche clarified the way he wishes his students to practice the Mandala. It is possible that other masters may instruct their students differently.
This foundation of earth, strewn with flowers and purified with scented water, Adorned by Mt. Meru, the four continents, the sun and moon, Visualized as a pure realm, is offered to the assembly of Buddhas. May all beings be reborn in that perfectly pure realm! from the Mandala Offering Practice
Short Mandala Offering Practice
SA SHI PÖ CHU JUG SHING MÉ TOG TRAM pile 1, 2, 3, 4 This foundation of earth, strewn with flowers and purified with scented water,
RI RAB LING SHI NYI DÉ GYEN PA DI pile 5, 6,7 Adorned by Mt. Meru, the four continents, the sun and moon,
SANGYÉ SHING DU MIG TÉ PHUL WA YI hold up as offering Visualized as a pure realm, is offered to the assembly of Buddhas.
DRO KUN NAM DAG SHING LA CHÖD PAR SHOG dissolve back to pile May all beings be reborn in that perfectly pure realm!
É DAM RATNA MANDALA KAM NIRYA TAYA MI rub and recite this mantra
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