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On Wednesday, the city held an official blessing ceremony and gathered 1,000 monks to accept merit-making offerings.
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First, that simple kind which was designed for priests and the common masses, for all those who regarded only effects and were satisfied with sacerdotal assumption and merit-making.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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He renounced the idea of merit-making as a means of spiritual attainment, and he was sorely tempted, no doubt, to return to his former life of ease.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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They have given up all dependence on merit-making and self-help; they now rely wholly on the infinite merit of another.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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Of what value can heathen asceticism and merit-making be while the heart is still barred and buttressed with self-righteousness?
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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The events actually begin on May 3rd, with the King performing a merit-making ceremony at Amarindra Vinichai Hall to honour the deceased royals who went before him.
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Meanwhile the Democrat Party held a religious and merit-making ceremony, including offering alms to monks, at the party's headquarters yesterday morning.
Brudirect News1 2010
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Mr Payap said the merit-making ceremony was aimed at bringing peace and unity to the country.
Brudirect News1 2010
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About 200 members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship held a merit-making ritual in Nakhon Ratchasima to wish Thaksin a happy birthday.
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Leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Monday held a merit-making ceremony to mark the passing of a month since the April 10 clashes between red-shirt protesters and troops around Khok Wua intersection that left 25 people dead and more than 800 injured.
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