Kamma, Merit & Pāramī
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Summary
The Velāma Sutta sets out merit as a graded series, from giving through to cultivation, and states plainly that the later stages weigh more.
The reason is not quantity but what happens to the mind: cultivation works directly on the defilements.
As the mind clears, the effect does not stay inside. It changes how a person meets the world.
Key points
The sutta ranks; it does not dismiss giving
Dāna remains in the sequence and remains necessary. It is simply not the highest rung.
The measure is the effect on mind, not the value given
That is what makes the comparison between a fortune and a finger-snap coherent at all.
Bhāvanā is not merely sitting
What distinguishes it is the cleansing, not the posture or the duration.
This corrects a widespread idea about merit
If merit were measured in money, the poor could make little of it — which is not what the sutta says.