The Liberation Stories of the Kagyu Masters – Day 5
Online Teaching from Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Centre, Nepal, 5 June 2020
When it comes to making offerings to a lama, if they are a genuine lama they have no need for the material things that we offer. It is for our sake that we make offerings, to relinquish our clinging, to sacrifice or let go of something we treasure. Our clinging is what holds us back on the path, it is like a demon for us.
Also if the lama sees that the student is able to let go, to make a sacrifice of some kind, they will see that this student is worth teaching, that they are serious and will not waste the teachings they receive.