What is your most impression in making merit?

I have a lot of times in making merit. I always have a chance to go to the temple especially,in Sakonnakorn province. This province has a senior monk;Luanpoo Avarn. He is one of my idol. If I go there,he always teach me how to behave. I respect and appreciate him a lot. I will intend to be a good person and keep making merit.
To treat my patents is one of my most impression,if I go home,I always clean a house,be obedience and intend to learn. I will try to be graduated Study and come back to them for treating them as much as I can.

Sayumporn065
3EN

I sometimes make merit. I feel so good when I go the temple especially the temple in the center of Thailand. There are many temples in Bangkok and Ayuthaya. The temple there are beautiful and very crowded. To pray at the temple is my most impression when I make merit.
I always try to think positive when the bad things come to my life. I don't blame on someone else because I believe that everything that happen, it must have a reason.


Natcha 3EN 023

My most impression in making merit is donating some money to make dhamma books.
My friends and I put our money to make dhamma books and donate books to the temple.
For the people who come to the temple, they can read those books.
It's valuable for them to read all good words contained in the books.



Tharinee 046 3EN

Making merit means doing good things as mentioned in religious doctrine. Thais’ ways of life, since their birth until their death is so familiar with making merit. They strongly believe they ought to regularly make and gain merit which would bring them happiness, peaceful life and other good things. Gaining merit will strengthen them to overcome any obstacles or misfortune they are suffering. They intend to gain more merit because they also believe their accumulated merit would help them to be in heaven or a peaceful place after their death. Even more merit they gained would help them to reach nirvana (divine peace beyond this world).
Thais’ belief is based on the Buddhist doctrine. The concept is as stated in a Thai proverb “if you do good you will receive good; if you do evil you will receive evil ”. It means the result of Karma which represents the evaluation of all life events, that is, you will receive the outcome of what you have already initiated.
A common rule in making merit is to prepare one’s mind and thoughts.The mind has to be purified and ready. Gaining merit, however, must not bring any trouble or worry to oneself or others.
There are three ways of making and gaining merit. They are
1) to give alms
2) to maintain religious commandment, and
3) to pray
If all of these are perfectly met, it represents a great merit making. But most of people see that making merit is to give alms. That is partly true because it is the first step of a fully-gained merit. On this occasion only alms giving will be expressed as it is a very common Thais’ way of life.

  Kullasatree 010 4EN  

When I make a merit, I feel very pleasant.
It is very happy to attend a good Thai tradition.
What makes me most impressed is offering food and drink, alms to monks.
After I have given alms to monks, I am given some good wishes or Buddhist lessons
from an abbot. Moreover, I also wake up very early to prepare myself and the alms for monks.
I get a lot of fresh morning air. It is very impressive.


Thitiphong 012 3EN

I think do good thing,think positive way and speak about good thing.
It's easy way to make merit.
Going to temple is my favorite way to make merit.
Because I love giving,giving is good thing that we should do.
when people receive thing from giver,they feel happy.



Ajchara 3EN 051