1. Kusala Tika:
(i) (985). What are the meritorious dhamma?
There are the three roots of meritoriousness, viz. absence of greed (alobha), absence of hatred (adosa) and absence of bewilderment (amoha); the aggregate of Sensation, the aggregate of Perception, the aggregate of Volitional Activities and the aggregate of Consciousness associated with the above roots of meritoriousness; and physical action, verbal action and mental action arising on account of these roots of meritoriousness.
~ These are the meritorious dhamma.
(ii) (1384). What are the meritorious dhamma?
There are: (21) meritorious thoughts pertaining to the four spheres of existence (Sensuous Sphere, 8; Fine Material Sphere, 5; Non-material Sphere, 4; the Supramundane, 4)
~These are the meritorious dhamma.