Prayers offered to monks Create merit and create merit for yourself.
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- Mar 27, 2024
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Updated: Mar 28, 2024
Offering alms to monks
It is considered a merit making. Creating merit creates merit for ourselves. In addition, when making merit and giving offerings to the Sangha, if we do it correctly, Whether it is Sanghadana that creates merit for ourselves. Or dedicate it to a relative who has passed away. In addition to gaining merit, it also helps our minds to be calmer.
Sanghadana
It is an offering that does not specify which monk it is. Those wishing to make offerings will prepare the items to be offered. I will prepare things and take them to the temple. Go see any monk and inform him of your intention to offer offerings. He will perform a ceremony to receive offerings to monks. Items to be offered to monks are usually food and other necessary items. For monks and novices, such as bongs, robes, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, canned goods, milk, dry food, etc. if you want to dedicate merit. Who is the charity given to? The donor often says or write the name and surname for the monk So that you can perform a ceremony to dedicate merit to the person who named it.
Offerings to monks
Imani mayang bhante bhattani saparivarani
Bhikkhu Sanghassa Onochayama, Sadhuno Bhante, Bhikkhu Sangha.
Imani bhattani saparivarani paṭikkāṇhātu.
Aṃhākāṃ dīgharattam hitāya sukhāya
Delivering translations to the Sanghadana
Dear monks, We humbly offer food and all these retinue to the monks. May the monks accept this food and all these retinues. for our benefit and happiness. to all of us End of eternity.
The monks finished their prayers and offered all the offerings to the monks. Then he would give precepts, give blessings, yatha sapphi, and the person giving alms to the Sangha would pour water. Spread merit This concludes the ceremony of making merit and offering offerings to the Sangha.
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