พระอาจารย์อธิบายว่าบุญของเรามีจักรพรรดิเป็นผู้ดูแลบริหารจัดการอยู่ การอุทิศบุญคือให้ส่วนแห่งบุญ ไม่ได้ยกบุญทั้งหมดให้ผู้อื่นจนหมดไปจากตัวเราได้ จึงไม่ต้องกังวลPra Ajarn explains that our merit is managed by a "universal monarch" figure who oversees it — dedicating merit shares it outward but can't be given away entirely until it's gone, so there's no need to worry.
Someone asked: is there any way that dedicating or transferring merit could cause it to run out for the giver?
Our merit has a caretaker — a "universal monarch" figure who manages it. We can dedicate merit, but we cannot "hand it over" until it's entirely gone, because that monarch is the one managing it. People generally don't understand this; whoever tells them something, they just follow along, not knowing the effect it has on their life — thinking that giving all their merit away is fine. In truth, there is no way to make merit run out, because there is a manager overseeing it. Dedicating merit means sharing a portion of it — offering the goodness we dedicate outward — and new merit arises from the act itself. The portion given may be small, but what comes back to us is great. When we give with a good heart, wishing benefit for others, there's no need to worry about this at all, because the monarch manages this resource — our merit — which resides at the center of our sphere of merit.