Offering Monastic Robes to the Sangha

Dundul Raptenling Monastery – Odisha, India

Offering monastic robes to the Sangha is a noble and meritorious act that helps support the monastic community and sustain the field of merit of the Three Jewels.

Robes and monastic attire are essential items for ordained practitioners. They symbolize a life of discipline, simplicity, renunciation, and pure conduct. When robes are offered with sincere devotion, they become not only a practical support for the monks’ daily life, but also a blessed condition for the donor to cultivate merit, joy, and a deeper connection with the Three Jewels.

All offerings will be used to prepare robes, Dharma attire, and related necessary items for the monks at Dundul Raptenling Monastery in Odisha, India.

Offering Amount

USD $29 / one complete set of monastic robes

You may choose the number of robe sets you wish to offer, or make a heartfelt offering according to your ability.

Suggested Offering Options

1 set of robes = USD $29 — offering robes to 1 monk
2 sets of robes = USD $58 — offering robes to 2 monks
5 sets of robes = USD $145 — offering robes to 5 monks
10 sets of robes = USD $290 — offering robes to 10 monks

Whether offering a complete set or contributing any amount according to your capacity, when done with sincerity and joy, this virtuous act becomes a meaningful cause for accumulating merit and supporting the Buddha Dharma.

Offering Prayer

When making this offering, you may recite with sincerity:

I respectfully pay homage to the Buddhas, the lineage masters, and the Sangha.
Today, with a sincere heart, I offer these robes.
May the Sangha’s discipline and virtues increase, and may their body and mind be at peace.
May all beings be happy, and may the Buddha Dharma flourish and remain long in this world.

Homage to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha — the Three Jewels.
Tashi Delek — May all be auspicious and complete.

Dedication of Merit

May the merit from this offering of robes be dedicated to all Dharma friends and their families, so that they may enjoy peace of body and mind, remove obstacles, increase favorable conditions, and be adorned with merit and wisdom.

May our parents of many lifetimes, ancestors, relatives, friends, and all beings connected with us be freed from suffering, increase their roots of virtue, encounter the genuine Dharma, and ultimately attain enlightenment.

We rejoice in the merit of your generous offering.

Namo Merit Grove Bodhisattva Mahasattva.