{"id":2691,"date":"2018-10-16T17:53:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T15:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hp-design.at\/palpung\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/brief-teachings\/offerings\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T18:44:10","slug":"offerings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-fa6fda56a525bedf369cb011e8baaa97\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fa6fda56a525bedf369cb011e8baaa97{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fa6fda56a525bedf369cb011e8baaa97 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fa6fda56a525bedf369cb011e8baaa97 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-fa6fda56a525bedf369cb011e8baaa97 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >More blessed to give than to receive<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jqskugba-3543076c0793601722d73a710dd75f41\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jqskugba-3543076c0793601722d73a710dd75f41 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jqskugba-3543076c0793601722d73a710dd75f41 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jqskugba-3543076c0793601722d73a710dd75f41 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-18799 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-18799 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Darbringungen.jpg\" alt='' title='Darbringungen'  height=\"500\" width=\"750\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Darbringungen.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Darbringungen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Darbringungen-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Darbringungen-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Darbringungen-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jo7m7is1-5f43203e6c0b59c8788b6d3c438c122a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>When we become Buddhists we learn to put Buddha, Dharma and Sangha ahead or before us, to dedicate every activity, more to offer it to them.<\/p>\n<p>But why then, if we buy new clothes for example or are about to have a meal, do we offer those to the Three Jewels first? Are the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas freezing? Is this offering received by them at all?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas do not freeze and they are neither hungry. That is not the point or reason why we offer them something in our mind that is dear to us. This detail contains the solution already. We offer with our mind. How else would we do it?<\/p>\n<p>Well, you might point out that in the Vajrayana we view the Guru as Buddha. So offering to the Buddha in person is more than possible. That is fully correct. My Guru is a living Buddha and that is not only a theoretical possibility which enables me to develop in my spiritual practice, but he is for real. Do I hence take every meal or every new pair of socks up to my Guru\u2019s monastery to offer those? Well, that would be rather unpractical for me and at least a bit strange to my Guru.<\/p>\n<p>So, the only practical and pragmatic way to do so is to offer to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in our mind. But what does that do and why do we do it after all? It does something with and to us. Instead of leaping at the new, as usual and enjoying it and\/or develop disturbing emotions such as greed, attachment, pride or aversion our first thought before enjoying all that pertains to the Exalted Ones.<\/p>\n<p>We hence learn to direct the first impetus from us and our sensitivities to others, and not to just anyone but the Enlightened Ones. Our motivation changes from \u201ctaking\u201d to \u201cgiving\u201d whilst the outer action looks exactly as before when we did not yet do that. We offer in devotion and trust which deepens and upgrades our <a href=\"\/en\/practising-buddhism\/bodhisattva-path\/\">compassion<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p>By doing so, our disturbing emotions gradually diminish and we can experience more personal happiness as <em>More blessed to give than to receive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo\" href=\"\/en\/about-us\/choeje-lama-palmo\/\"><strong>Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jpuszhud-e4d7211542298a594a814a7ff8a31a0a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/to-much\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" src=\"\/fix\/plinks.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"29\"><\/a><a href=\"\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/togetherness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/fix\/prechts.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"29\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":2625,"menu_order":240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2691","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Offerings - Palpung Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/offerings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Offerings - Palpung Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/offerings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palpung Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-15T18:44:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/fix\/plinks.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/offerings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/offerings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Offerings - Palpung Europe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-16T15:53:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-15T18:44:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/offerings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/offerings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/offerings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mediacenter\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Short notices\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/mediacenter\\\/choeje-lama-palmo\\\/short-notices\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Offerings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palpung.eu\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Palpung Europe\",\"description\":\"European Seat of H.H. 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