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 Puñña — Merit (Extract) 1Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Highest Self—Enlightened One! Published: 2014-12-03 — Updated: 2019-02-17  Click on the image to download a larger version. The Lord Buddha's words on merit (puñña). A blessing: friends when the need arises. A blessing in the world: reverence to your mother. A blessing into old age is virtue. — Dhammapada 331—333 ▶ “Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Discourse on Loving—Kindness 1 — Sayadaw U Thuzana.” Click on the video to play it. View Full Video > Having developed a mind of good will [metta] for seven years, then for seven aeons of contraction & expansion I didn't return to this world. Whenever the aeon was contracting, I went to the realm of Streaming Radiance. Whenever the aeon was expanding, I reappeared in an empty Brahma—abode. There I was the Great Brahman, the Unconquered Conqueror, All—seeing, & Wielder of Power. Then for thirty—six times I was Sakka, ruler of the gods. For many hundreds of times I was a king, a wheel—turning emperor, a righteous king of Dhamma, conqueror of the four corners of the earth, maintaining stable control over the countryside, endowed with the seven treasures[1] — to say nothing of the times I was a local king.  Click on the image to download a larger version. The thought occurred to me: ‘Of what action of mine is this the fruit, of what action the result, that I now have such great power & might?’ Then the thought occurred to me: ‘This is the fruit of my three [types of] action, the result of three types of action, that I now have such great power & might: i.e., generosity, self—control, & restraint.’” Train in acts of merit Developing these — Itivuttaka 22 Notes
May all be happy and well! From: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/merit.html#punna
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