Wishes come through

I made the following resolution while leading a robe-offering ceremony to monks on the occasion of the Magha Puja Day30 in which I was the ceremonial leader: Bring your mind to the center of the body and ask that tree-sprites, air-sprites, earth-sprites, celestial beings from the six heavens, Brahmas from the sixteen Brahma Spheres and the four Higher Brahma Spheres, and beings from throughout the vast universes, to acknowledge and rejoice in the merit that I am making in offering this saffron robe. Let everyone share in my merit. Let Luang Por Dhammajayo, Luang Por Dattajeevo, and every monk at the temple, share in my merit. May everyone receive merit with an open heart, and the more open your heart, the more merit you will receive. Those who fully open their heart to receive this merit will receive it in full; those whose heart is only partially open will receive it partially--like water spilling away from a container.

February 11, 1991