Executive Summary: Merit of Adopting Orphans and Raising Them with Love
A case study from the Dream in Dream Kindergarten revealing the colossal merit of unconditional love. Adopting abandoned orphans and raising them as one’s own flesh and blood guarantees the donor flawlessly obedient children, a deeply warm family, and absolute immunity from being abandoned in old age.
1. The Embrace of Pure Compassion
During their lifetime, this husband and wife were unable to conceive their own children. However, upon encountering abandoned orphans and destitute children whose parents had died, their hearts melted with profound compassion. They made the monumental decision to “Formally Adopt these Children” into their home. They provided them with premium food, exceptional education, and most importantly, an overwhelming abundance of “Unconditional Love and Warmth,” treating them exactly as if they were their biological offspring. Resurrecting the future of a helpless, abandoned human being is one of the absolute highest forms of Metta Parami (Perfection of Loving-Kindness).
2. The Blessings of Giving a New Life
- Flawless, Highly Grateful Children (Abhijata-Butra): When reborn as humans, this monumental merit magnetically attracts highly advanced, moral souls to be born as their biological children. Their offspring will be incredibly obedient, deeply grateful, and profoundly moral (Abhijata-Butra). Their children will naturally revere them and bring endless pride and honor to the family lineage.
- Absolute Immunity from Abandonment in Old Age: The merit of embracing the abandoned guarantees that they themselves will never, ever face abandonment. In their twilight years, they will never be left to die alone in a nursing home. They will be intimately surrounded, deeply cherished, and meticulously cared for by loving children, grandchildren, and devoted caretakers until their very last breath.
- A Life Overflowing with Warmth and Love: Their family life will be incredibly warm, harmonious, and overflowing with unconditional love. Furthermore, the immense aura of compassion they generated will act as a powerful magnet; wherever they go in society, influential leaders and kind-hearted people will naturally feel deep affection for them and rush to offer them support and patronage.
3. Luang Por’s Teaching
Luang Por Dhammajayo teaches that nurturing a human life to become a good person is akin to “building a Buddha in someone’s heart”—a merit highly praised by the Supreme Buddha. Radiating absolute love to someone who shares no biological bloodline requires an extraordinarily elevated and pure state of mind. This specific merit guarantees the donor a flawlessly warm and perfect family in every future lifetime. Anyone experiencing severe family fractures, suffering from rebellious children, or deeply fearing abandonment in their old age must aggressively seek opportunities to sponsor orphanages, provide scholarships, or adopt destitute children. This pure stream of love will karmically reverse and permanently heal their own family destiny.
