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Sharing Merits with Departed Loved Ones - Who Can Receive Them? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Transferring Good Karma
At almsoffering before the meal, the monks usually chant the blessing, anumodanā & verses for sharing merits with the spirits of departed relatives.
Does that sharing of good karma really reach the departed?
Under what conditions, in which sphere of rebirth can they they benefit most from sharing merits?
Ajahn Dhammasiha quotes from Anguattara Nikāya (Numerical Discourses of the Buddha), Book of Tens, #177, 'Jānussoni-sutta'.
In this discourse, the Buddha explains that direct material benefit in the form of food, drink, clothing & shelter can only be transferred to loved ones reborn in the…
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