Meaning of offering to raise boys.

Today I would like to talk about the issue of offering food to the masses. There are many times when we also called the offerings to increase the monks, ie, we offer all the monks, to all the monks to support the monk, household maintenance. It is a great virtue in Buddhism. In case there are not many monks, we make offerings to all the masses to come together with us. Where are the important things?

When we make offerings to a cultivator, we help them cultivate. That is the merit of protection. If the person has a pure moment, then the moment will be shared with the person who has given them. In the past, we made offerings to everyone, not just the Buddha. If the Buddha has 1000 people, we worship 1000 people, if 1500 people worship 1500 people. That virtue can not be imagined. Sometimes I can not cultivate, but I can make others learn, to help people cultivate by, for example, helping them a meal. In the past, the Buddha was very grateful for this work. Day said "the merit of offering food is boundless; That virtue is boundless. One can eat the food that is determined, or cultivate a fine moment. Only a moment that is pure, that is boundless infinity. That time can not be counted. That calm moment will make us forever remember forever experience is called enlightenment. So it is important to help people cultivate.

In the past, people called legal practice, ie, to guard the house, retreat for people from 5 to 7 days (retreat); Or enter the school is a long time, when people practice the whole year in it, I was outside cooking to make offerings. But there are times when we make offerings to the returnees for 5 days, 7 days or 1 day, we are outside the home. The most popular is the offering to all the masses in a conference when everyone cultivates.

If so much merit, what do we do? Dear friends, there is one thing that the spirits are very grateful for if we bring the virtue of offering or increasing the offerings of the mass for the souls. Why? Because food nourishes life. Life is the body, this body. The spirits rely on the merit of nourishing the body, the material body, which they are reincarnated to have a body. Therefore, the blessings of the gods increase or bless the offerings of the masses, buy food for the children, can not imagine and the spirits are very desirable. When we offer and give them credit, they will receive the body and they will be reborn.

When offering, the master must be very humble, in front of the mass, kneeling down to worship everyone. Very humble, whether it is a meal, whether 1000 people or 1500 people, I still humbly bowed prostrate, prostrate and say, "please, you, mass, today, please All the merit directed toward this person, this person, this person ... ". I can not imagine the merits of 1000 or 1500 fellow practitioners, and resonate back to those people. Sometimes the person we want to dedicate merit to, sick, troubled or troubled; The dedication will make that person completely free from karmic knocks. Collective collective strength can not be imagined. What is the resonance power?

The virtue of a monk is one. The two virtues are not 1 + 1, but 100; The merits of the 1000 monks will become immeasurable. So from ancient to present, the story of offering or raising boys to worship, offering offerings, offerings, offerings, offerings, is a very important virtue to help guide the public. for all those in difficulty, including the spirits.

Dishes are not worth a dime, two or ten dollars. The value of that food is not only increased by the heart, but also by the number of offerings, making it increasingly worthless can not imagine. Not worth the $ 5.00 buy-in, so I donate $ 5.00. Sometimes the value of that food can not be counted, because we offer from the heart. If more people offer an item, the more valuable it is, the more valuable it is. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/2/2018.