Comments on: Food Offering Prayer

By: Sherabz

Sherabz — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 08:34:08 +0000

We need to create very much of merits that enable us to gain realisations on the dharma. Making food offerings to Dorje Shugden is one of the ways. If we made food offering daily with pure motivation and sincerely even though we have not received refuge vows yet, we may still receive his assistance when we are in difficulties.

Nevertheless, it is necessary and more benefits if we keep our commitments well coupled with strong guru devotion, and Dorje Shugden will definitely help us swiftly to overcome the obstacles.

Thank you for sharing this importance of food offering.

By: Rinchen

Rinchen — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:19:46 +0000

Thank you Admins of DS.com for sharing this information with all of us here. It has helped me to better understand why we make food offerings and the meaning to it as well.

The process is short and simple that helps many of us to be able to be doing this practice as well. It is great as through the food offering we are creating that affinity that we would definitely need it in the future. It is always good to create affinity before we need it. Reason being that if we only create the affinity when we need it, we may not be able to receive the help we need then. Although with that being said, Dorje Shugden is very compassionate and will always help students and disciples when in times of need.

By: Johnson

Johnson — Sat, 10 May 2014 07:32:24 +0000

Thank you DS.com for sharing the post on Food Offering Prayer.

It gave us the awareness and understanding of the importance of food offerings to the Three Jewels before every meal we took daily. The procedure is not complicated and the prayer is short and simple, but the benefit is great, creating the causes towards receiving more merits, spiritual and material sustenance in the future.

Daily food offering to Dorje Shugden also creates the affinity with Dorje Shugden to receive his speedy help in time of needs.

By: aurore

aurore — Tue, 06 May 2014 18:34:05 +0000

Thank u for this post. I was told making food offering is truly an easy way to generate merits. Hence, we should always be mindful and cultivate that action since it’s also very easy to forget. Sometimes, it’s also difficult to let go of our attachment and dig in so quickly at our favorite food! I’ve posted the offering prayer to the guru over here. Do check it out —> http://www.dorjeshugden.com/forum/index.php?topic=4833.msg53008#msg53008

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 04 May 2014 22:25:17 +0000

Besides creating the causes towards receiving spiritual and material sustenance in the future, food offering to the Three Jewels also create merits for longevity to the practitioner.

By: Dondrup shugden

Dondrup shugden — Sun, 04 May 2014 08:38:35 +0000

Ignorance is never BLISS. I have always wondered why Christians and many other religious practitioners give thanks before they have a meal and the Buddhist do not seem too.

How ignorant, with this article, I now know that Buddhist has that ritual of offering our meals to our Giver of our sustenance.

This activity of offering appreciation and thanks to our Buddha and Protector is something easy to practise and give us a sense of great well being.

By: Angelica

Angelica — Sat, 03 May 2014 07:11:21 +0000

Buddhism is related to our daily life. Is about how and what we do to make our life better. Everything we do is connected to dharma. This article has showed us the most frequent thing we do daily, that is about our daily meals, if we know what to do, we can make it more beneficial. Not just about solving our hunger problem.

Food offering is something that is easy to do and everybody can do it as no vows is needed. By constantly making food offering, we are continuously maintaining our connection to the three Jewels and also cut down our attachment to food. Food offering also teach us to be thankful to others and may open up our heart to care, help and benefits other thru our practice.

By: bambi

bambi — Sat, 03 May 2014 07:05:56 +0000

Thank you very much for the explanations! It is very informative for 1 to practice as mentioned above. All these while, I have only been reciting Lama Tsongkapa’s food offering prayer which I know is also the same but I would prefer the one above. I shall start today!

I especially love this part
“Food offering is an offering of sustenance and thus, one creates the causes towards receiving spiritual and material sustenance in the future. When we make food offerings with the highest motivation, we create the causes for our practice to be sustained by our realizations.”

By: Chrissa

Chrissa — Sat, 03 May 2014 07:04:50 +0000

There are many benefits of food offerings.By making food offerings we will always find nourishing food and drink and gain the freedom from the suffering of poverty in future.
What a meritorious way than to offer a portion of our food to our dharma protector,Dorje Shugden to gain his blessings and protection.Thank you

By: Andrea Keating

Andrea Keating — Sat, 03 May 2014 07:03:10 +0000

Appreciate your sharing of the post. It is something new for me to learn and I truly appreciate this information. I have seen monks and practitioners doing it before meals and wondered about it. Now I know the importance of food offering and would be able to practice it without taking kindness for granted. This is such an easy way to practice to create the causes towards receiving spiritual and material sustenance in the future. And if it is with highest motivation, the causes are created for our practice to be sustained by our realizations. I shall start the practice immediately without delay.

Thank you again dorjeshugden.com for sharing the article.