2020.0906 | Merits: Transforming Mind & Life | Sylvia Bay
Recording Date: 2020.0906
Title: Merits: Transforming Mind & Life
Speaker: Sylvia Bay
Talk is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3m2H_AMZvZU
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This is the edited recording with annotations of the talk given by Sis Sylvia Bay on 6 September 2020 at Buddhist Fellowship’s 'Facebook Live'. There would be as many skeptics as those with blind obsession in merit-making.
In this talk, "Merits: Transforming Mind and Life", Sis Sylvia Bay makes an unprecedented Dhamma sharing on this topic, researching and presenting no less than 20 suttas. Merits are as important for the departed as well as for the living till the end of lives. How is this so and what must one cultivate now in order that our next arising is minimally that of the human rebirth and one which no short of the five mundane pleasures? And what is the most meritorious and sublimed that we can cultivate that far exceeds even gifting to a Sammāsambuddha?
𝗦𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀
Kāladāna Sutta AN 5.36 (Timely)
Paṭhamadvebrāhmaṇa Sutta AN 3.51 (Two Brahmins)
Metta Sutta Iti 1.22 (Meritorious Deeds)
Puññakiriyavatthu Sutta AN 8.36 (Grounds for Making Merits)
Puññakiriyavatthu Sutta Iti 3.60 (Grounds for Making Merits)
Ṭhāna Sutta SN 37.32 (Things)
Dakkhiṇāvibhaṅga Sutta MN 142 (The Exposition of Offerings)
With Jāṇussoṇi AN 10.177
Tirokuṭṭapetavatthu Pv 1.5 (Outside the Wall)
Abhisanda Sutta AN 8.39 (Streams)
Dutiyapuññābhisanda Sutta AN 4.52 (Streams of Merit)
Dāna Sutta Iti 1.26 (Giving)
Velāma Sutta AN 9.20 (About Velāma)
Sappurisadāna Sutta AN 8.37 (Gifts of a Good Person )
Mettābhāvanā Sutta Iti 3.27 (The Development of Loving-kindness)
Puññakiriyavatthu Sutta AN 8.36 (Activity)
Dānūpapatti Sutta AN 8.35 (Rebirth by Giving)
With Sumanā AN 5.31
Iṭṭha Sutta AN 5.43 (Wished For)
Dhammapada 122 Bilalapadaka (A Cat’s Paw)
Jarā Sutta SN 1.51 (Old Age)
𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 (𝗠𝗣𝟯) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆
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Profile of Speaker
Sis Sylvia Bay has dedicated herself to the study and practice of the Buddha's teachings since 1992. She holds a BA (Hons) in Buddhist Studies from the Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, and was a lecturer with her alma mater. She also has a Masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies. Since 2001, Sis Sylvia has been a regular speaker on Buddhist doctrines and their practical applications at local and regional Buddhist organisations. In 2013, she published her first book “Between The Lines: An Analytical Appreciation of The Buddha’s Life”. She is now working on another book titled "Towards The Light: the Buddha's Guide to a Heavenly Rebirth".
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