Executive Summary: Merit of Offering Flowers and Fragrances as Buddha Puja
A case study from the Dream in Dream Kindergarten illustrating the merit of extreme physical beauty and sweet fragrance. Worshipping the Triple Gem with refined, fragrant flowers guarantees the donor will be reborn with physical attributes far surpassing ordinary humans, making them universally beloved and admired.
1. Blossoms of Devotion
During her lifetime, this woman possessed overflowing faith in the Triple Gem. Every time before visiting the temple or chanting at home, she meticulously selected the most beautiful, freshest, and most fragrant flowers. She carefully arranged them in vases or wove them into exquisite garlands to offer as a “Buddha Puja” (worship) with a profoundly joyful and devoted heart. Worshipping the Buddha with the most magnificent items available is the ultimate expression of supreme respect.
2. The Blessings of Fragrant Worship
- Flawless Physical Beauty (Rupa Sombat): When reborn as a human, this merit ensures she is born with exceptionally stunning physical beauty. Her complexion will be radiantly smooth, her facial features perfectly proportioned, and her body entirely free of blemishes or scars. Her captivating beauty will naturally command the admiration of everyone she meets.
- Natural Sweet Fragrance: The specific merit of offering fragrant flowers ensures she will possess a naturally sweet, soothing bodily scent and breath, completely eliminating the need for artificial perfumes. This natural charm makes people instinctively want to be near her and converse with her.
- Universally Beloved and Honored: Her merit-born beauty will ensure she is highly cherished by elders, receiving constant compassion and high social honor. Upon passing away, her inner body will ascend to the Tavatimsa Heaven, residing in a beautiful mansion decorated with celestial flowers that emit a heavenly fragrance throughout the realm.
3. Luang Por’s Teaching
Luang Por Dhammajayo teaches that the Triple Gem is the most supreme entity in the universe. Offering beautiful and fragrant flowers to the Buddha physically refines and beautifies our own mind in the process. Consequently, this merit reflects directly back as flawless “Physical Beauty” (Rupa Sombat) in future lifetimes. Beauty born of merit is enduring and naturally attracts excellent opportunities in life. Anyone who truly desires physical beauty should never neglect the regular offering of flowers as Buddha Puja.
