Three ways of pleasing or serving the teacher
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The three ways of pleasing or serving the teacher (Tib. མཉེས་པ་གསུམ་, Wyl. mnyes pa gsum) are:
- offering our practice (best way)
- offering service with body and speech (middling way)
- material offerings (lowest way)
Jokyab Rinpoche writes: "The [latter two] perfect the accumulation of merit and the [first] the accumulation of wisdom."[1]
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), page 145
- Tsongkhapa, The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Lamrim Chenmo, Vol.1. Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 1-55939-152-9, pages 85-87.
Footnotes
- ↑ Padmasambhava & Jamgön Kongtrul, The Light of Wisdom, Vol.1 (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe, 1996), page 248.