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DharmaDefender:
Not sure where this goes, if its here or on the other side...

Commitment, fulfillment, reliance and appropriate substances - what are they?

Thanks in advance.

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Roberto:
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Possibly a question for the admin?

Big Uncle:
Isn't that related to the Commitment offerings of beer, tea, yoghurt, milk and oats(tsampa/barley flour). I also think that our Dharma practice is visualized as a sort of fulfillment offering as well. I am just guessing here. Anybody of authority can confirm or correct this?

Damian.D:
I understand that we make offerings to collect merits, but why yogurt, oats, milk, tea, beer?

Whats the significance of such offerings? Its said that they were difficult to come by in the past thats why they were so special. To a non buddhist it may just look like voodoo or black magic.

Positive Change:

--- Quote ---I understand that we make offerings to collect merits, but why yogurt, oats, milk, tea, beer?

Whats the significance of such offerings? Its said that they were difficult to come by in the past thats why they were so special. To a non buddhist it may just look like voodoo or black magic.
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Why indeed does one use these substances and what is the significance of this? In my limited knowledge these i know signify the 5 commitment offerings but what I do not understand is if offerings come from the heart (or the mind - as in visualization) so to speak, why can't we just offer whatever we deem special instead? I have been told we can 'substitute' these offerings with water and visualize it as the specific offerings. Would certainly be helpful if someone could give an insight into this.

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