Butter Lamp Offerings

“Of all the methods for accumulating merit through generosity, offering butter lamps is second only to the practice of tsok.”

“What is the meaning of butter lamp offerings? We do not offer the lamps because enlightened beings need to see them. Rather, the offering of light is a means of dispelling the darkness of our own ignorance, giving rise to clarity and wisdom. We offer them with the wish that their light will illuminate the lower realms and the bardo, assuaging the torment of beings who suffer in darkness. We also aspire that all beings will develop greater mental clarity in order to discover the causes of long-lasting happiness in virtuous actions of body, speech, and mind. Finally, we offer them so that the inner light of great knowing will arise in all beings’ minds and remove the darkness of ignorance and intellectual obscurations.”    — H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

Butter lamps are $1.50 each. If you would like to send a check, please e-mail us your order with the amount, dedication and special instructions. Send your check to: Amrita, 9653 Firdale Ave, Edmonds, WA 98020.

To make an offering online, please click on the button below. We are trying to make it as easy as possible to process payments so we are going back to PayPal. 

PLEASE READ IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

  • After you have clicked on the button below, a PayPal popup will display.
  • Enter the amount of your butterlamp offering.
  • Please choose General Donation from the dropdown
  • It would help out Amrita emmensely if you check the box to help pay for processing fees.
  • Before the final checkout, there is a section to write a NOTE. Write that your offering is designated for butter lamps and then write your dedication.