Merit transfer is also known as Spiritual Consolation when you offer it for a soul in the spiritual realm.

Six Transcendent powers (abhijna) - supernatural abilities developed through Buddhist practice, can be thought of as the fruits of enlightenment.

Obon - Japanese holiday where ancestors return from the spiritual realm for a few days in July or August.

Ullambana - Buddhist service related to the above mentioned holiday.

Maudgalyayana - buddhist monk in a story about the origination of the Merit Transfer Rite.