Chöpa or offering is the practice of giving or generosity. This is the first one of the six perfections which Mahayana Buddhist must practise in order to reach enlightenment. It is a fundamental Mahayana practice. The more a person offers, the more generous he or she becomes and someday the person will have immense joy in giving even the body, like the Buddha is said to have done when he was born as prince Mahasattva.