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the the the universe Then mentally resolve to to share these merits and and wholesomeness with all all our our our our our benefactors—be they our our our our our parents our our our our our teachers our our our our our descendants our our our our our close relatives and and friends other earthly beings beings who are are still trapped in in in in the the never-ending cycle of of birth and and and death all all celestial beings beings both here here and and and elsewhere Please all all be be cognizant of of of the the merits merits and and and and and wholesomeness that we have shared and and and then please rejoice in in in this this sharing of of merits merits and and and wholesomeness After this—if there there are are any sufferings sufferings let let them be free from those sufferings sufferings If If there there there is is is happiness happiness let let let this this happiness happiness further increase If If there there are any any enmity any any hostility between us let let forgive one another—for the the the the the the the progress the the the the the the the happiness in in in in our lives henceforth Finally may the the the the the the positive consequences of of the the the the the the various merits that we have made made be they alms-giving maintenance of of Buddhist precepts meditation—both made made in in in in in in the the past and those we are currently making—transform into into into mental devotion into into into strength into into into conditions for for for all of us to to to to to become persons who further progress in in in dhamma May whatever we we wish for for come come to to to complete fruition until we all attain nibbana 155
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