A Light For You
There are great benefits in making light offerings to the Triple Gem. One of our lineage gurus, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, gave an extensive explaination on the benefit of offering lights to the rare subline ones.
it is said in the Ten Wheel Sutra of the Essence of Earth (Kshitigarbha): “All comfort, happiness and peace in this world are received by making offerings to the Rare Sublime Ones (the Triple Gem), therefore those who like to have comfort,happiness and peace always attempt to make offerings to the Rare SublimeOnes.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In general, all the collections of goodness of samsara and nirvana are the result of having made offerings to the Triple Gem. In particular, one receives different benefits bydoing service with each of the various individual offerings.
Buddha announced in the“Tune of Brahma” Sutra Clarifying Karma that there are ten benefits of making light offerings:
Buddha announced in the“Tune of Brahma” Sutra Clarifying Karma that there are ten benefits of making light offerings:
One becomes like the light in the world.
One achieves the clairvoyance of the pure flesh eye [as a human].
One achieves the devas’ eye.
One receives the wisdom of knowing what is virtue and what is non-virtue.
One is able to eliminate the darkness of ignorance, the concept of inherent existence.
One receives the illumination of wisdom, even in samsara one never experiences darkness.
One receives great enjoyment wealth.
One is reborn in the deva or human realms.
One quickly becomes liberated.
One quickly attains enlightenment.
One achieves the clairvoyance of the pure flesh eye [as a human].
One achieves the devas’ eye.
One receives the wisdom of knowing what is virtue and what is non-virtue.
One is able to eliminate the darkness of ignorance, the concept of inherent existence.
One receives the illumination of wisdom, even in samsara one never experiences darkness.
One receives great enjoyment wealth.
One is reborn in the deva or human realms.
One quickly becomes liberated.
One quickly attains enlightenment.
A Light For Your Loved Ones
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