往生牌位 Deceased Tablet - Ksitigarbha datepicker Venerable Shandao of the Pure

Venerable Shandao of the Pure Land Buddhism states in “A Commentary on the Amitayurdhyana Sutra” which contains the meaning: “May the merits be equally share to all

and to accumulate merits

This is a form of prayer text for avoiding calamities and difficulties

unborn babies of all within the Ten Realm

but wishing the karmic debtor to be liberated from the sufferings from reincarnation

往生牌位 Deceased Tablet - Ksitigarbha datepicker Venerable Shandao of the PureSetting up a tablet for the deceased is a way of transcendence for the deceased to be reborn in the pure land of Amitabha. During pujas, tablets are set up for ancestors, deceased parents and love ones, sharing with them the merits from the rituals. This form of transcendent rituals for the ancestors, not only benefits them, but the living descendants.