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Transfer of merit

Transfer of merit (Sanskrit: pariṇāmanā, Pali: pattidāna or pattānumodanā) is a standard part of Buddhist spiritual discipline where the practitioner's merit, resulting from good deeds, is transferred to deceased relatives, to deities, or to all sentient beings.

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Burmese
ပတ္တိဒါန
Chinese
迴向 (Pinyin: huíxiàng)
Japanese
回向 or 廻向 (Rōmaji: Ekō)
Pali
pattidāna
Sanskrit
pariṇāmanā
Thai
อุทิศบุญกุศล

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related to References · 201
Transfer of merit → Aftermath, Alex, American Oriental Society, An Anthropological Inquiry, An Introduction, Andhra, Appleton, April, Archaeology, Archived, Asian Studies, Assisting, Barber, Being, Benares, Berkeley, Birth, Bones, Buddha, Buddha-field
related to Role in practice · 34
Transfer of merit → Andhra, Anthony Barber, Author Sree Padma Holt, Buddhism, Buddhist, Cambodians, CE, Dharma, East Asia, In, In East Asian Buddhism, In Theravāda Buddhism, India, Laos, Mahāyāna, Merit, Moreover, Mulian Rescues His Mother, One, Sanskrit
related to Relation with karma · 19
Transfer of merit → Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhologist, CE, For, Hinayānic, Indologist Heinz Bechert, Initially, Kathāvatthu, Mahāyāna, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Or, Scholars, Seyfort Ruegg, Theologian Tommi Lehtonen, Theravādins, Western, Wolfgang Schumann
related to Ancestor worship · 16
Transfer of merit → Apart, As, Brahmin, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, In, It, Pitru, Pāli, Sanskrit, Saṅgha, The, The Petavatthu, This, Through
related to Mahāyāna Buddhism · 16
Transfer of merit → According, Buddhas, Buddhism, Buddhism's, Buddhist, Gombrich, In, In Chinese Buddhism, Luis Gómez, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Pure Land, Pure Land Buddhism, The, This, Thus, When
related to Transfer of powers · 16
Transfer of merit → Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhist Studies, Charles, Dharmashastra, Hinduism, However, In, In Hindu, Keyes, Mahābhārata, Marasinghe, Moreover, Saṅgha, The, Upanishads
related to Translations · 7
Transfer of merit → Buddhist, CE, In, Indeed, Pāli, Sanskrit, The
related to External links · 4
Transfer of merit → About, Beliefnet, June, Sharon Salzberg
Burmese · 1
Transfer of merit → ပတ္တိဒါန
Chinese · 1
Transfer of merit → 迴向 (Pinyin: huíxiàng)

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merit transfer buddhism buddhist mahāyāna merits karma isbn deceased transferring also practice transferred relatives early doctrine sanskrit theravāda ed idea

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Transfer of meritBurmeseပတ္တိဒါန1.00infobox
Transfer of meritChinese迴向 (Pinyin: huíxiàng)1.00infobox
Transfer of meritJapanese回向 or 廻向 (Rōmaji: Ekō)1.00infobox
Transfer of meritPalipattidāna1.00infobox
Transfer of meritSanskritpariṇāmanā1.00infobox
Transfer of meritThaiอุทิศบุญกุศล1.00infobox
Transfer of meritTibetanབསྔོ་བ་ (bsngo ba)1.00infobox
Transfer of meritVietnamesehồi hướng1.00infobox
pattānumodanāinstance ofexpressed through terms0.80text
pattidānainstance ofexpressed through terms0.80text
may have developed due to Mahāyāna influence.Other scholars have argued that the doctrine of the transfer of merit can be found early in the Theravāda traditioninstance ofexpressed through terms0.80text
and that the doctrine is sanctioned by early textsinstance ofexpressed through terms0.80text

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