Offerings

Incense
Incense is made of fragrant parts of plants such as the leaves of fern or juniper, herbs and sandalwood. An [...]

Water
In the old days in India, when visitors came to your house, you would offer them water to drink and [...]

Light
In Tibet, people light butterlamps filled with yak butter. Here, we don’t have any yaks so we use nice scented [...]

Flowers
Offering flowers creates the causes to attain the special qualities of a Buddha. Temporarily, we create the causes to have [...]

Food
The benefits of offering food are that in the future we will always find nourishing food and drink, be free [...]

Perfume
When you offer perfume you create the causes to attain pure moral discipline, to become free from being reborn in [...]

Sound
The traditional symbol of sound offering is the conch shell, which signifies the sound of the Dharma. If you can’t [...]

Pearls
Pearls and gemstones are precious items that can be offered at the altar. They symbolise the Precious Jewel or the [...]

Serkym
A serkym, is a two-piece offering set that includes a cup with a pedestal that sits in a shallow bowl. [...]

Khata
It is a Tibetan custom to offer scarves (khata) to people whom we respect, like our Guru, elders, Buddha statues [...]