【 Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels 皈依 】Mandala Offering 曼陀罗供

【Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels】- Mandala Offering

【Thus, if you do not have material possessions to offer, then offerings of mandalas and water, or of things not held as property and the like, will suffice if you have faith.】

If you truly have faith, you can use mandalas. Mandalas is a way of offerings used by the Indians in the past. This was retained in the religion in Tibet. So when you look at the biography of Master Atisha, oh, if he had incurred an infraction against his vows, he will instantly confess, and immediately set up an offering of mandala. In other words, with the mandala, you will pick it up and sit down to this. If there are good things around, then you can offer seven jewels but if there are none, the least you could do is to use rice or wheat. So, he will grab a bunch, then visualize. In the centre [of the mandala] there is Mount Meru, then the continents of Pūrvavideha (east), Jambūdvīpa (south), Godānīya (west), Uttarakuru (north), the eight subcontinents, then the seven jewels, eight precious things, visualize all of these and offer. Immeasurable merits! It has been said before, if you can offer as such, even if it means one cup of water, just having faith will suffice. Even if I cannot visualize it, by just having a little something to offer, I can still develop the feeling that, "Ah, everything came from Buddha!" As long as you offer earnestly, there will be immeasurable merits.

SOURCE 来源 :

48B 01’34” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P270 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P201

日常师父法语📡48B 01’34”手抄稿第6册P270 L3

皈依 : 曼陀罗供

【若有信心，用曼陀罗及诸净水，并无主摄诸供具等，皆可供养，无余财物，应如是行。】

假定你真的有信心的话，“用曼陀罗”，曼陀罗就是这个印度人当年的供法，现在西藏还保留着。所以你看《阿底峡尊者传记》，喔唷，他万一犯了这个自己的戒，随时地忏悔了以后，马上设一个曼陀罗供，换句话说就是曼达拉，拿起来，坐下来。有好的那个供的时候，他用七宝；最差的就用米啊、麦啊，他就然后拿一把，观念：这个中间啊是须弥山，然后东胜神洲、南赡部洲、西牛贺洲、北俱卢洲，八大小州，然后呢什么七宝、八珍什么，观想供养。无量无边的功德喔！前面已经说过了，你能够这样地供养，哪怕一盏水，你只要把这个净信心—就是我观不起来，一点点东西我就觉得：啊，一切东西都是三宝来的！至诚供养，都有无量无边的功德。