offering - Thubten Chodron

Actual or imagined objects that we offer to the merit field in order to generate delight in giving and to create merit.

Subtle impermanence
Answering questions from retreat participants and teaching on understanding impermanence and generating love and compassion
Offering natural substances
Beginning Chapter 2 "Purifying Negativities" with verses on making offerings to buddhas and bodhisattvas with things found in nature (Verses 1.34-2.6)
Making sensuous offerings to the Buddhas
Covering Verses 2.7-2.21 about mentally emanated offerings for Buddhas and bodhisattvas, including common and peerless offerings that delight the senses
Different kinds of refuge
Teaching on the different kinds of refuge – causal and resultant, and final and provisional (Verses 2.21-2.26)
Preparing for a loved one’s death
Using the teachings to prepare the loved one for death and to prepare the family and friends for the loved one's death.