 Everyday Is A Wonderful Day
Transferring Merits
By Sister Initiate Hsiaoyun, USA
O ne day our English teacher asked
us to write an essay entitled
"My Worst Day!" After I received
the assignment, I thought about
it for a long time but could not
recall which was my worst day.
Even if I did encounter
something slightly unpleasant,
Master would solve it and let me
understand that the unpleasant
incident was only meant to help
me improve myself and learn a
lesson. Master often solved my
problems in ingeniously
interesting ways, which afforded
me much food for thought. I
could not help thinking, "Oh!
Master is really wonderful!"
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I wanted to suggest to our
English teacher that the topic
be changed to "My Most Wonderful
Day!" In that case, I would be
greatly inspired because every
day has been the most beautiful
day ever since I have followed
Master.¡¹ |
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By Sister Initiate Pan Pan, Taipei, Formosa
When I was newly initiated, all I
knew was to meditate and pray to
Master for help if I had any
problem. I did not know that I
should pray and transfer the
merits to others after
meditation.
One day, a brother initiate said
to me: "We have to know how to
pray correctly. We may pray that
God gives us whatever is good
for us." Hence, after each
meditation session, I would pray
in this way, that was, if I
remembered to pray at all.
At the end of each group
meditation session, I always
sang along with everyone the
Verses for Transferring Merits,
but I had no idea what it was
for.Neither did I know that
there is merit to be derived
from meditation.One evening
after the group meditation, a
brother initiate announced, "Let
us transfer the merit of today's
meditation to all sentient
beings in hopes that they will
be enlightened soon."Only then
did I know the meaning of "merit
transfer" and only then did I
realize that meditation could
generate merit that could be
transferred to other people.
Since that day, I have
transferred the merits of my
meditations to all sentient
beings.
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One day while I was meditating,
I suddenly felt that Master was
physically unwell; I was so
upset that I cried. Therefore,
during that meditation session,
I prayed to God to bestow good
health on Her.
Of course, I would also pray for
myself when needed, but I found
that I didn't really have to
pray much for myself; in many
aspects Master is already taken
good care of me. Often it is
when I sincerely pray for the
world and all sentient beings
that I have very good
experiences.¡¹ |
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