If the world is infinite and all the treasures are given to the poor, then the world will be peaceful and there will be no suffering. Can there be merit? Buddha said: No merit. Where did it come from?

The merits of giving are not comparable to those of converting to precepts.

According to Buddhism spread to the south, the Buddha has a very detailed explanation of the merits and demerits caused by behavior.

Once, the Buddha's foster mother wanted to present the Buddha's cassock as a personal gift, but the Buddha refused, saying, Chodamia, give it to the monk group. You support the monk group, which means you support me and the monk group. When Ananda asked the Buddha why he refused to accept personal charity, the Buddha made an analysis according to the law of karma. The Buddha first explained that giving to different recipients: giving to animals can expect a hundred times the result; Give an immoral ordinary person a thousand times; Give a moral ordinary person a hundred thousand times return; Giving alms to a person who has been practicing Zen outside the period of Buddhist enlightenment will get10 billion times. However, if you give it to a person who is about to realize Siddhartha's fruit, or a Siddhartha saint, or a person who is about to realize Siddhartha's fruit, or even an arhat, or a fully enlightened Buddha, you can expect countless multiplication results.

The Buddha went on to explain: I declare that the merits given to individuals must never be greater than those given to monks.

The Buddha once explained the extraordinary victory of wisdom when he mentioned that a person had done a lot of good deeds. The Buddha said in the Sanskrit Sutra (an additional branch):

"Compared with supporting the Buddhist monk group headed by Buddha, it is more fruitful to return to Buddhism, Dharma and monks with confidence.

Compared with the confidence of turning to Buddhism, Dharma and Monks, the result of accepting the "Five Commandments" with confidence is greater.

It is more rewarding to practice compassion only by milking cows than to accept the Five Commandments with confidence.

It is more rewarding to keep impermanence and think than to milk cows and practice compassion. "

Therefore, the order of merit from small to large is: giving to animals, giving to ordinary people, giving to Zen practitioners, giving to saints, giving to monks, converting to the three treasures, holding the five precepts, protecting Zen and observing wisdom.