What are known as the “five offerings” in Tibetan is choepa-na-nga. They comprise one of the “seven practices”[1] and provide a method for accumulating merit and reducing attachment towards worldly pleasure. Though making offerings can be classified into many subdivisions, here it is classified into five: the offering of flowers, incense, butter lamps, scented water, and ritual cakes (direct translation…

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