Surrounded by those Obstruct your Path to the Temple
If donating blood gives us a lot of merits, will donating our body after we die to a hospital help us accrue even more merits?
I once invited a friend to meditate. My friend told me that regular people like him/her who work, maintaining the precepts is enough. It is not necessary to meditate also. How can I explain Luang Phaw’s teachings to him/her?
We made plans to marry. My parents objected to the marriage because they did not like anyone from his lineage. However,I did not listen to my parents because I was blinded by love and it was my first love.
My mother saved up until she had a lot of money in a trust fund. Unfortunately, it seems like it was her kamma. That trust went bankrupt. My mother lost many millions of baht.
The 38 Ways to Happiness The second group of blessings Blessing Five:- Having done good deeds in one's past
Every first Sunday of each month and on the days the temple had big ceremonies; and every time I attended the ceremony of offering sustenance to the Lord Buddha and of other big merit of the temple, I made wishes “May I own a house with land and a car.” Later on, my grandfather bought me a car when I did not even ask him for it. And a couple surprised things that happened to me. All my wishes were accomplished. This incident seriously strengthens my faith in merit.
She was born in an agricultural society. Her dad’s main job was rice farming and he had a side job by setting a group of female dancers but the financial situation of family was not good at all. Her mom was in a hardship to keep the family members surviving. At the same time, her mom had a suffering from a promiscuous husband and finally addicted to alcohol.Later on, she had a Germany husband and by accident, she had met with a DMC group. The path of merit earning has accrued.
This is the story of a man who never had attaching his feeling to his mother who punished him severely only because she lost only little amount of money. She blamed him for that though he tried all the best to give her any explanation. What caused this bad mother-son relationship? The answer will be revealed here.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.
