Answer by Law of Kamma :- Love Mom For 24 Hours
She has made merit since she was young because her mother is her best friend who taught her to do. But she has not gone to the temple for a few years because she has to take care of her old mother. However, she does not stop making merit.
Living A Short Life Making Merit Better Than A Long One Without Any
My grandmother ordained as a Buddhist nun when she was 62 years old at the Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen Temple. She helped out in the kitchen until she died at the age of 72 due to bone cancer. She was in great pain prior to her death and she was wailing miserably. The doctor injected her with morphine at 8am and she died at 6pm on that day
Perpetual Virtue Never Been Told - Part 2
He has many worldly experiences in his life and has seen many kinds of people from every class. Being a Dream in Dream kindergarten student, he realized that “merit” makes people different. What merit makes a normal person be a president, a prime minister, and some become ministers or less powerful leaders, respectively? If one wishes to be a leader like this in every life, what can he do?
The Casting of Khun Yai Chand’s Gold statue
“If it was not because of Khun Yai, I would not be who I am today, and there would not be Wat Phra Dhammakaya and all of its overseas meditation centers today”
DMC World News - November 2nd, 2012
The activities of the branches of Dhammakaya Temple in the oversea
The Kathina Ceremony at Dhammakaya Temple in 2013
Kathina Dana – The Great & Special Merit The Kathina Ceremony is a culture that all Buddhists in every era agree that its merit is great and limitless. So, it is the meritorious event of the year that the congregation is waiting for.
The Morning Alms Round to 10,000 Monks at Central World
The ceremony of pouring water to dedicate merit to the dead people
An example effect of the ceremony of pouring water to dedicate merit to the dead people.
My daughter loves merit and is afraid of sin but she has no sense of responsibility. Will she gain merit from behaving this way? How should we guide her so that she realizes what she is doing?
My daughter loves merit and is afraid of sin. She wakes up in the morning to do the morning chanting. Then she sleeps almost until noon. In the evening, she does the evening chanting and then watches TV until late at night. She has no sense of responsibility and relies on her parents to take care of her although she is a full grown adult. Will she gain merit from behaving this way? How should we guide her so that she realizes what she is doing?
Different kinds of Merits
There are two types of previously accumulated merit:
