2. Shikdang Jakbeop: The Meal Offering
The Meal Offering is the meal provided to monks at a monastery for their efforts in conducting Dharma events such as ceremonies. Unlike usual meals, this Meal Offering is accompanied by music and chanting, as well as dancing and drumming. It is an extremely complex meal ritual, and the participants take the opportunity to dwell on whether they are worthy of receiving the offering, and to renew their fervor to practice the teachings of the Buddha. All of this is done in hopes of attaining Bodhisattvahood to actualize the teachings and compassion of the Buddha.
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