Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

There is a subtle essence to everything. When offering food before eating, you are not offering the plate of food itself but a subtle essence of it. This is offered specifically to the inner process at the heart center and not outside to a statue or universal energies. Recite the offering mantra OM AH HUM, OM AH HUM, OM AH HUM. This is all that's really necessary. There are longer prayers and othe r practices such as tsok offering at meal time used in Tibetan system that have many nice meanings. However, the most important part of the actual offering is the OM AH HUM. Perhaps it's easier to remember the meaning when you're not reciting a longer verse. So, while chanting OM AH HUM, OH AH HUM, OH AH HUM, visualize that the essence goes interior, more energetically. You don't need to visualize beings or colors or anything like that. Then thinking, "I am going to partake of the gross food with my gross body. However, before I even do that may the actual ...

"There is a subtle essence to everything. When offering food before eating, we do not offering the plate of food itself, but the subtle essence of it. This is offered to the inner process at the heart center and not outside to a statue or universal energies. Recite the offering mantra OM AH HUM, OM AH HUM, OM AH HUM. This is all that is really necessary. There are longer prayers and other practices such as tsok offering at meal time used in Tibetan system that have many nice meanings. However, an important part of the offering is the OM AH HUM. Perhaps it's easier to remember the meaning if we are not reciting a longer verse. So, chanting OM AH HUM, OH AH HUM, OH AH HUM, visualize that the essence goes interior, more energetically. We do not need to visualize beings or colors. Then thinking, "I am going to partake of the gross food with my gross body. However, before I even do that may the actual nature of the food be transformed into its original nature. And may that ori...