177 Sharing Merits with the Gods

Recently we learned about sharing merits with ghosts. But I think you know that we often also share merit with gods as well. Today we’ll hear a story about two …

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137 Seven Years of Merit

Have you ever practiced loving kindness meditation? Well, today we are going to learn a sutta that talks about the benefits that the Supreme Buddha gained by practicing loving kindness …

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115 See Monks, Collect Merit

Today we are going to learn how we can collect merit when we see monks. Now, most of you probably already know that you can collect merit by offering dana, …

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