“If I make merit by doing good
and share it with others,
how much will I be left with? ”
“All of it.”
“How can that be?
If I have a hundred baht
and share it with you,
how much will I have? ”
“Fifty.”
“How so? ”
“Merit is not money.
It is Light.
If you light a candle
and share your light
with your friends
by lighting their candles,
you have no less light;
but the room itself becomes brighter.
So it is with merit.
The world becomes brighter.”
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem