PERFORMING VIRTUOUS DEEDS ON BEHALF OF THE DECEASED AND THE RELATED PRAYER REQUEST FOR THE TRANSFER OF MERITS
Caller: Is it alright to perform virtuous deeds such as releasing captive lives and donating for the purpose of printing the sutra booklets on behalf of the deceased?
Master Jun Hong Lu: Definitely!
Caller: How should we put forth our prayer request to Bodhisattva?
Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s simple. You may say, “May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva help transfer the merits and virtues that I have accrued today to <full name of the deceased>. May the Bodhisattva bless and protect the deceased so that he can ascend to a higher spiritual realm”.
Source: Wenda20130901B 35:06, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program