The Merit of Offering to the Guru
A student had offered her house to Rinpoche, who responded with this advice about the unbelievable merit of making even a small material offering to the guru.
You have offered your house to me. I am not a realized being, but we have a Dharma connection, guru-disciple, so you receive the most unbelievable, most extensive merits. Even if you got one billion dollars every day by selling your house, it is still nothing.
In the lamrim outline, each time we make a material offering to the guru, it brings us closer to full enlightenment. That means each time we make an offering of a glass of water, we become closer to full enlightenment. Even offering just one piece of candy or some nuts, one piece of orange, even one section from inside the orange, we become closer to full enlightenment.
Thank you a billion times. There will be always prayers to you. I know you have so much courage, a brave heart and dedication for our organization, the FPMT.