I recently finished a weekend course with a traveling Geshe . The retreat attended on the basis of registration , including a fee (that I assume helped cover venue hire, lunch etc.) .
At the end of the course everyone lined up with Khaita and gifts to present . Now being somewhat new to the formal scene I was unsure what to give , what was appropriate etc . Thus I had nothing to give (The only one! ) - I was embarrassed at the time , and now I feel extremely ungrateful for what was a beautiful teaching course .
I'm going to donate a sum of money to a monastery through ASIA charity , and dedicate any merit to the teachers liberation and promulgation of the dharma.
He will be returning in a few months time , so the aim of this post to hopefully receive replies that will enlighten me as to what are appropriate gifts to offer for the teaching . Money? something unique and local ?
Sorry if this seems like a silly question !
Peace.
Teaching gift
Teaching gift
"When you play in dirt, you get dirty" - Jimmy McNulty
Re: Teaching gift
Normally you put some cash in an envelope, unfurl a khata and present the envelope to the teacher on top of the khata that you are holding.Joseph wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:26 pm I recently finished a weekend course with a traveling Geshe . The retreat attended on the basis of registration , including a fee (that I assume helped cover venue hire, lunch etc.) .
At the end of the course everyone lined up with Khaita and gifts to present . Now being somewhat new to the formal scene I was unsure what to give , what was appropriate etc . Thus I had nothing to give (The only one! ) - I was embarrassed at the time , and now I feel extremely ungrateful for what was a beautiful teaching course .
I'm going to donate a sum of money to a monastery through ASIA charity , and dedicate any merit to the teachers liberation and promulgation of the dharma.
He will be returning in a few months time , so the aim of this post to hopefully receive replies that will enlighten me as to what are appropriate gifts to offer for the teaching . Money? something unique and local ?
Sorry if this seems like a silly question !
Peace.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Teaching gift
Perfect , thank you .
I will donate what I would have given and some ,
I will donate what I would have given and some ,
"When you play in dirt, you get dirty" - Jimmy McNulty
Re: Teaching gift
That happened to me too recently, twice. The first time I had no idea that you make the donation in person and I thought that the registration fee was a donation. The second time I made the donation at the door, but after all that donation was for the dharma center/food costs and not to the lama, so I had nothing left to give.
Re: Teaching gift
And also, from what I have learned, give the largest gift to the most major lama, and then less, if necessary, to the others.
Re: Teaching gift
Aryjna wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:22 pm That happened to me too recently, twice. The first time I had no idea that you make the donation in person and I thought that the registration fee was a donation. The second time I made the donation at the door, but after all that donation was for the dharma center/food costs and not to the lama, so I had nothing left to give.
Now we know ! : )
"When you play in dirt, you get dirty" - Jimmy McNulty