KnowraMerit transferLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Merit transfer, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 8MahayanaRelated: Dedication extends the fruits of practice beyond the practitioner’s own liberation.Pure Land BuddhismRelated: Pure Land texts connect Amitābha’s vows and practitioners’ dedication with rebirth in his land.Merit (Buddhism)Related: It shows how merit may be directed toward ancestors, beings, or communal purposes.AmitābhaRelated: Pure Land accounts connect Amitābha’s accumulated merit with beings’ aspiration for birth in Sukhāvatī.ObonRelated: Obon prayers and offerings can be understood as benefiting the dead through transferred merit.SukhāvatīRelated: Pure Land teachings connect aspiration for Sukhāvatī with dedicating merit toward rebirth there.MaudgalyayanaRelated: In the Ullambana story, offerings and merit help relieve his mother’s suffering.Yulanpen SutraRelated: The monks’ practice enables Maudgalyāyana to benefit his mother.