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What is true offering?
~t px xp YvY n?

Deshapriya Dissanayake

The Practice of offering gets rid of selfishness; the practice of precepts keeps the thoughful of the rights and comforts of others; the practice of endurance helps one to control a fearful or angry mind, the practice of endeavour helps one to diligent and faithful; the practice of concentration helps one to control a wandering and futile mind; and the practice of wisdom changes a dark and confused mind into a clear and penetrating insight.

npv r[j vp RlvMmY ~{u{xp vf {x. |Y}jx {l ~zx r[j vp {y n ~q ~l xv vfl Rpp[ ~{ r~{ [p ~vfl ShYh ~z~. oyj |Yx r[j vp x v~  nN} ~[l ~l rzpx Yy [vf  N. Yrv lp Upp{  |{~x [hp`x. ~l WY RyvjY rf{ [vp, }sz {l A K Rl {p, St[l ~~yp ~l rzpx Yyvf  {x. r{ r[j vp x{z ~[l ~l Ruplyx n nYp ~{u{x nY{ r~ Yy [vf  {x.

Offering and keeping precepts make the foundation necessary to build a great castle on. Endurance and endeavour are the walls of the castle that protect it against enemies from outside. Concentration and wisdom are the personal armour that protects one against the assaults of life and death.

np vl, ~zxl lp {p v[ ~z~ [vf R{| Yyp A |}g r~nx [hp[vf R{| Yyp Rl{yv {l rnpv lpx. pr~ t~p Ul~x  Yrv xp A v r~nx l {p Rly, ty ~lyp[p  tzrK{zp RyY}vf A l Roy Yyx. ll AY[l{l, r{l xp rn[zY RyY}{ ~q RxY {p Rly, lxl vyjxl Rly Yzx l vj vf ~{p ryxp[p RyY} Yyx.

* If one gives away a gift only when convenient, or because it is easier to give than not to give, it is an offering, of course, but it is not a true offering. A true offering comes from sympathetic heart before any request is made, and a true offering is the one that gives not occasionally but constantly.

lvpf r~ Nz{Y l[xY v  p tYvf  p ~vf {h xvY v r~ xx `p R{~m{Y pxYv pxY {{n Wx ~tpv ~l z~ npvY p{pp x. ~t pvx Dlp{Y Urpp RpYKr~[l n{lY l. Wv pvx `v vl{pp xvY Szz ~vf ryl{v x. ~t px xp nppp{z Yzlyp Yyp vY p{ ly lyv ~n ~p Yyp v.

Neither is it a true offering if after that act there are feelings of regret or of self - praise; a true offering is one that is given with pleasure, forgetting oneself as the giver, the one who receives it and the gift itself.

xvY vp r~ A [p r~ l{p{ pK  Yp[f {p{ pK  p n [p lvpv ry~yK hp{ pK A px Yvfl ~t pxY p{pp x. ~t pxY xp ~l ~lp Yyp rl[x. lv prxY {l nppY t{ RvlY vl np n [p ztp [Yxl np zt nx {l pvx {~l{l p ~pv RvlY Yy x xlx. px ~t pxY {pp Wfx.

True offering springs spontaneously from ones pure compassionate heart with not thought of any return, wishing to enter into a life of Enlightenment together.

~t pvx ~zzY Urpp RpYKr{ ry { n{lY lpv rv. xvY vp l{ nxY zt [K Dlp{Y px xlx. l{l ~{rl xY  {p R{toxY zv  ry  Yy[p Rr~ xvY zt [K Ryvp Yyp ztp px ~t pxY p{pp v x.
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