<p>This is a bit delicate, because the list of ten you have mentioned includes statements such as:</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol start="4">
  <li>One will have abundant offsprings for future generations.</li>
  <li>One will easily attain what one wishes.</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>With #4, since monastics are generally celibate as part of the Vinaya, there would be no "abundant offspring" in the literal sense. Perhaps in the spiritual sense would might have "offspring", but with the wording, that would be a bit of a stretch.</p>

<p>With #5, this also a bit in contradiction with all the suttas such as <a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn12.23/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN12.23</a> that clearly state that craving leads to suffering. Wishing is a tricky word to use. One might wish for a Ferrari or one might wish for a spiritual path. </p>

<p>Compare your referenced list of ten with a list of ten from the <a href="https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DN33 sutta</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A mendicant has given up five factors, possesses six factors, has a single guard, has four supports, has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth, has <strong>totally given up searching</strong>, has unsullied intentions, has stilled the physical process, and is well freed in mind and well freed by wisdom.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Indeed, why would a Liberated One <em>wish</em> for anything? Grasping a wish, one searches for the fulfillment of that wish. And above we have clearly stated that there is no more searching.</p>

<p>Note, that one might argue that the list you've quoted is a list for lay practitioners. However even here, we have <a href="https://suttacentral.net/an8.61/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AN8.61</a> with Ugga the Householder happily choosing celibacy:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I’ve undertaken the five training rules with celibacy as fifth</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I would recommend reading AN8.61 yourself to understand how far the list you have linked differs from what the Pali Canon shows in the suttas.</p>

<p>When lay instructions differ from monastic instructions it is always good to understand the differences so that we our practice progress rather than regresses. </p>

<p>Advantage #5 is very close to the following quote from DN33. Yet the following quote provides more context. One must be <strong>ethical and pure</strong>.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The heart’s wish of an ethical person succeeds because of their purity.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is a very important consideration. When we live by violence, that is impure. WHen we give fearlessness, we are being ethical. So item #5 should be read in the context of being ethical. It does not stand alone.</p>

<p>DN33 goes on to say:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of well-to-do aristocrats or brahmins or householders!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So yes, in the context of Right View, one will easily attain what one wishes simply because what one wishes for is Right. This is where the precepts come in for lay practitioners:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It’s when a noble disciple doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or use alcoholic drinks that cause negligence
  <a href="https://suttacentral.net/an5.179/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">--an5.179</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>The following warning from DN33 also indicates that being rich, young and healthy and having abundant offspring is a temporary condition with uncertain outcome. One must focus on Right View:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It is not because of endowment with family, wealth, or health that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
  It is because of <strong>endowment with ethics or view</strong> that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The list of 10 therefore does have concrete roots in the suttas. The suttas mostly deal with monastic study. They do also have instruction for lay practitioners. The lay instructions are usually quite terse and somewhat restrictive. Indeed, many lay practitioners would have trouble following the first five precepts (e.g., avoid alchohol?). Because of this, one might list out the advantages of following the first five precepts. I believe the list you have referenced is one such list. It is a list of advantages to be gained from following the path of:</p>

<ol>
<li>Right View</li>
<li>Right Thought</li>
<li>Right Speech</li>
<li>Right Action</li>
<li>Right Livelihood</li>
<li>Right Effort</li>
<li>Right Mindfulness</li>
<li>Right Immersion</li>
</ol>

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I think the list is for lay practitioner, and that the quoted "life liberation" refers to the practice of liberating animals, which I think means buying animals -- including e.g. previously-captured wild birds -- in order to set them free (i.e. to "liberate them") in the wild or their natural habitat, possibly after reciting dharma to them. And the "merits of life liberation" are merits which result from performing this practice.
ChrisW
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You are quite right. I have edited the answer with more practical instructions. Thank you.
OyaMist
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<p>Well the merit 10 is about Pureland, which is an idea invented by puthujjanas, and you will not find it in the pali cannon.</p>

<p>Anyway, merit 9 is ''9. One will experience joy and peacefulness in all seasons.'' that's typically what the result of what people today call mindfulness</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[3] "He is resistant to cold, heat, hunger, thirst, the touch of
  gadflies &amp; mosquitoes, wind &amp; sun &amp; creeping things; to abusive,
  hurtful language; he is the sort that can endure bodily feelings that,
  when they arise, are painful, sharp, stabbing, fierce, distasteful,
  disagreeable, deadly.
  <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.119.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.119.than.html</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>merit 4 ''3. One will be unharmed by natural disasters and accidents.'' is typically what people say is the result of getting the citta into the samma samadhi. For instance, ajahn brahm loves to tell the story of a bikkhu who was not burned by a fire, when the citta was in samadhi.</p>

<p>the other listed merits are about daily life of humans and karma, which is what puthujjanas crave to know,
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.235.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.235.than.html</a>
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.135.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.135.than.html</a>
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.054.nara.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.054.nara.html</a>
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.043.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.043.than.html</a></p>

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Nachtflug
<p>I searched, but I couldn't find, where these "10 merits of life liberation" are included in the Tripitaka.</p>

<p>Here you can find the "10 merits" I mentioned: <a href="http://www.purifymind.com/SB51.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Why do Buddhists practise life liberation?</a></p>

<p>There is also a Pali verse I found about this, but it's not in English, and also I don't study Buddhism in English normally -- so'll be thankful if anyone can point out where it is in the tripitaka.</p>

<p>I guess it may be in the <strong>therapadana</strong> part, according to that Pali verse -- I can't write it clearly in English letters as I found it only in Sinhala letters, but nearly it's like this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>abhayadanan dhatwana - jaththuno bhayajjite<br>
  dasanisanse anubhomi - kammanuchchawike mama</p>
</blockquote>

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[Ten Ways of Making Merits](http://zugangzureinsicht.org/html/lib/authors/wijesinghe/index_en.html), given by Upasaka Mahinda Wijesinghe and Bhante Nyanadassana, might be of help.
Samana Johann
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This page doesn't appear to be based on the Tipitaka -- e.g. because it mentions, "Amitabha Buddha's Pureland", the "Avatamsaka Sutra", the "Om Mani Padme Hum" mantra.
ChrisW
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Current Pali canon is Hinayana, Theravada, but that site is Tibatian Mahayana Dalai Lama. Everyone who learned Pali can compose a new Pali poems, but the context can specify itself of what it is. The main idea of that link is completely Mahayana's idea, so I think you can use [this Chinese context](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2039824846078270&id=220237744679748) for searching into Mahayana's tipitaka.
Bonn
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@madhawavish, If you tag your question with "mahayana" tag, may be you'll find an answer quickly. Because there may be a lot of mahayana followers who are searching questions using tags.
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@Damith machan, I saw those 10 merits in a sinhala article also..so i don't think this is from mahayana...Here you can see it,http://archives.dinamina.lk/2010/12/01/_art.asp?fn=a1012015&p=1 ...
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@ChrisW I saw those 10 merits on a article written by a sri lankan theravada monk, but i can't clearly translate that into english..sometime these context may be included in "vimanawattu" part...Anyway haven't you heard about the merits of life liberation(liberation of animals from death and, death fear..which is also called as "abaya dana") from anywhere in tipitaka..
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@madhawavish, The 10 merits mentioned in sinhala article are different than the 10 merits mentioned in the link you've provided in the question. The latter contain dhamma from Mahayana (This is evident that the 10th merit mentioned is "One will be easier born in Pureland", which is taught in Mahayana). I will try to trace 10 merits from Teravada Tipitaka.
Damith
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@Damith Ok thanks,The above mention merits in sinhala article are found on thera apadana part in tipiaka..But liberation merits are not in that sutta..
madhawavish
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Where can I find the "10 merits of life liberation" in the Tripitaka?
# Where can I find the "10 merits of life liberation" in the Tripitaka?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-12)

I searched, but I couldn't find, where these "10 merits of life liberation" are included in the Tripitaka.

Here you can find the "10 merits" I mentioned: [Why do Buddhists practise life liberation?](http://www.purifymind.com/SB51.htm)

There is also a Pali verse I found about this, but it's not in English, and also I don't study Buddhism in English normally -- so'll be thankful if anyone can point out where it is in the tripitaka.

I guess it may be in the **therapadana** part, according to that Pali verse -- I can't write it clearly in English letters as I found it only in Sinhala letters, but nearly it's like this:

> abhayadanan dhatwana - jaththuno bhayajjite  
> dasanisanse anubhomi - kammanuchchawike mama

**Tags:** tipitaka, merit

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [Ten Ways of Making Merits](http://zugangzureinsicht.org/html/lib/authors/wijesinghe/index_en.html), given by Upasaka Mahinda Wijesinghe and Bhante Nyanadassana, might be of help.  
> **username_2**: This page doesn't appear to be based on the Tipitaka -- e.g. because it mentions, "Amitabha Buddha's Pureland", the "Avatamsaka Sutra", the "Om Mani Padme Hum" mantra.  
> **username_3**: Current Pali canon is Hinayana, Theravada, but that site is Tibatian Mahayana Dalai Lama. Everyone who learned Pali can compose a new Pali poems, but the context can specify itself of what it is. The main idea of that link is completely Mahayana's idea, so I think you can use [this Chinese context](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2039824846078270&id=220237744679748) for searching into Mahayana's tipitaka.  
> **username_4**: @username_0, If you tag your question with "mahayana" tag, may be you'll find an answer quickly. Because there may be a lot of mahayana followers who are searching questions using tags.  
> **username_0**: @username_4 machan, I saw those 10 merits in a sinhala article also..so i don't think this is from mahayana...Here you can see it,http://archives.dinamina.lk/2010/12/01/_art.asp?fn=a1012015&p=1 ...  
> **username_0**: @username_2 I saw those 10 merits on a article written by a sri lankan theravada monk, but i can't clearly translate that into english..sometime these context may be included in "vimanawattu" part...Anyway haven't you heard about the merits of life liberation(liberation of animals from death and, death fear..which is also called as "abaya dana") from anywhere in tipitaka..  
> **username_4**: @username_0, The 10 merits mentioned in sinhala article are different than the 10 merits mentioned in the link you've provided in the question. The latter contain dhamma from Mahayana (This is evident that the 10th merit mentioned is "One will be easier born in Pureland", which is taught in Mahayana). I will try to trace 10 merits from Teravada Tipitaka.  
> **username_0**: @username_4 Ok thanks,The above mention merits in sinhala article are found on thera apadana part in tipiaka..But liberation merits are not in that sutta..  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2019-01-12. Score: 1

This is a bit delicate, because the list of ten you have mentioned includes statements such as:

> 4. One will have abundant offsprings for future generations.
> 5. One will easily attain what one wishes.

With #4, since monastics are generally celibate as part of the Vinaya, there would be no "abundant offspring" in the literal sense. Perhaps in the spiritual sense would might have "offspring", but with the wording, that would be a bit of a stretch.

With #5, this also a bit in contradiction with all the suttas such as [SN12.23](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.23/en/sujato) that clearly state that craving leads to suffering. Wishing is a tricky word to use. One might wish for a Ferrari or one might wish for a spiritual path.

Compare your referenced list of ten with a list of ten from the [DN33 sutta](https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato):

> A mendicant has given up five factors, possesses six factors, has a single guard, has four supports, has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth, has **totally given up searching**, has unsullied intentions, has stilled the physical process, and is well freed in mind and well freed by wisdom.

Indeed, why would a Liberated One *wish* for anything? Grasping a wish, one searches for the fulfillment of that wish. And above we have clearly stated that there is no more searching.

Note, that one might argue that the list you've quoted is a list for lay practitioners. However even here, we have [AN8.61](https://suttacentral.net/an8.61/en/sujato) with Ugga the Householder happily choosing celibacy:

> I’ve undertaken the five training rules with celibacy as fifth

I would recommend reading AN8.61 yourself to understand how far the list you have linked differs from what the Pali Canon shows in the suttas.

When lay instructions differ from monastic instructions it is always good to understand the differences so that we our practice progress rather than regresses.

Advantage #5 is very close to the following quote from DN33. Yet the following quote provides more context. One must be **ethical and pure**.

> The heart’s wish of an ethical person succeeds because of their purity.

This is a very important consideration. When we live by violence, that is impure. WHen we give fearlessness, we are being ethical. So item #5 should be read in the context of being ethical. It does not stand alone.

DN33 goes on to say:

> If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of well-to-do aristocrats or brahmins or householders!

So yes, in the context of Right View, one will easily attain what one wishes simply because what one wishes for is Right. This is where the precepts come in for lay practitioners:

> It’s when a noble disciple doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or use alcoholic drinks that cause negligence
> [--an5.179](https://suttacentral.net/an5.179/en/sujato)

The following warning from DN33 also indicates that being rich, young and healthy and having abundant offspring is a temporary condition with uncertain outcome. One must focus on Right View:

> It is not because of endowment with family, wealth, or health that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
> It is because of **endowment with ethics or view** that sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

The list of 10 therefore does have concrete roots in the suttas. The suttas mostly deal with monastic study. They do also have instruction for lay practitioners. The lay instructions are usually quite terse and somewhat restrictive. Indeed, many lay practitioners would have trouble following the first five precepts (e.g., avoid alchohol?). Because of this, one might list out the advantages of following the first five precepts. I believe the list you have referenced is one such list. It is a list of advantages to be gained from following the path of:

1. Right View
2. Right Thought
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Immersion

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I think the list is for lay practitioner, and that the quoted "life liberation" refers to the practice of liberating animals, which I think means buying animals -- including e.g. previously-captured wild birds -- in order to set them free (i.e. to "liberate them") in the wild or their natural habitat, possibly after reciting dharma to them. And the "merits of life liberation" are merits which result from performing this practice.  
> **username_5**: You are quite right. I have edited the answer with more practical instructions. Thank you.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2019-01-12. Score: -1

Well the merit 10 is about Pureland, which is an idea invented by puthujjanas, and you will not find it in the pali cannon.

Anyway, merit 9 is ''9. One will experience joy and peacefulness in all seasons.'' that's typically what the result of what people today call mindfulness

> [3] "He is resistant to cold, heat, hunger, thirst, the touch of
> gadflies & mosquitoes, wind & sun & creeping things; to abusive,
> hurtful language; he is the sort that can endure bodily feelings that,
> when they arise, are painful, sharp, stabbing, fierce, distasteful,
> disagreeable, deadly.
> <https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.119.than.html>

merit 4 ''3. One will be unharmed by natural disasters and accidents.'' is typically what people say is the result of getting the citta into the samma samadhi. For instance, ajahn brahm loves to tell the story of a bikkhu who was not burned by a fire, when the citta was in samadhi.

the other listed merits are about daily life of humans and karma, which is what puthujjanas crave to know,
<https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.235.than.html>
<https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.135.than.html>
<https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.054.nara.html>
<https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.043.than.html>


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