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If the lotus symbolises spiritual purity,
\nas it blossoms despite roots in mud (which represents defilements),
\ndoes the offering of lotus flowers represent purity at shrines?<\/p>\n
But the offering of flowers
\ntraditionally represents impermanence (of our bodies),
\nas they swiftly wither away despite their beauty.<\/p>\n
What about the offering of lamps?
\nThey represent spread of the light of wisdom
\nwhich dispels the the darkness of wisdom.<\/p>\n
What about the offering of an electrical lotus lamp?
\nIt can represent purity, impermanence and wisdom!
\nA three-in-one offering!<\/p>\n
As long as we understand the significance of offerings, Can anyone come up with a combo-offering What other way can we be mindful of If the lotus symbolises spiritual purity, as it blossoms despite roots in mud (which represents defilements), does the offering of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,526,346,58],"class_list":["post-7544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-impermanence","tag-offerings","tag-purity","tag-wisdom","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ntraditions can be rejuvenated in modern forms.
\nEven new meaningful meanings are welcome, while we remember the old.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthat combines all the traditional offerings?
\nSounds like it has to be none other than ‘practice of the Dharma’ itself!<\/p>\n
\nthe need to strive for purity,
\nwhile remembering the wisdom of impermanence… and more… at the same time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"