- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
- Term
In Buddhism more generally, merit refers to the wholesome karmic potential accumulated by someone as a result of positive and altruistic thoughts, words, and actions, which will ripen in the current or future lifetimes as the experience of happiness and well-being. According to the Mahāyāna, it is important to dedicate the merit of one’s wholesome actions to the awakening of oneself and to the ultimate and temporary benefit of all sentient beings. Doing so ensures that others also experience the results of the positive actions generated and that the merit is not wasted by ripening in temporary happiness for oneself alone.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
Merit refers to the wholesome tendencies imprinted in the mind as a result of positive and skillful thoughts, words, and actions that ripen in the experience of happiness and well-being. According to the Greater Vehicle, it is important to dedicate the merit of one’s wholesome actions to the benefit of all beings, ensuring that others also experience the results of the positive actions generated.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
Wholesome tendencies imprinted in the mind as a result of positive and skillful thoughts, words, and actions that ripen in the experience of happiness and well-being. According to the Mahāyāna, it is important to dedicate the merit of one’s wholesome actions to the benefit of all sentient beings, ensuring that others also experience the results generated by the positive actions.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
An accumulation of positive karma that ripens into a positive result.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
Positive activity that is conducive to happiness and freedom from suffering; the resulting spiritual momentum that enables one to progress on the path.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
Wholesome tendencies imprinted in the mind as a result of positive and skillful thoughts, words, and actions that ripen in the experience of happiness and well-being. According to the Mahāyāna, it is important to dedicate the merit of one’s wholesome actions to the benefit of all beings, ensuring that others also experience the results generated by positive actions.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
Virtuous thoughts, words, and actions that produce positive results, or merit. In Mahāyāna practice, these are to be dedicated for the benefit of all sentient beings. Also rendered here as “meritorious deeds.”
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
Virtuous thoughts, words, and actions that produce positive results, or merit. In Mahāyāna practice, these are to be dedicated for the benefit of all sentient beings.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
The karmic potential that accumulates through good actions and which in the future results in happiness and good fortune.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
In this text, merit is established as the most prized possession of human beings, more than good looks, diligence, artistry, and insight. In Buddhism more generally, merit refers to the wholesome tendencies imprinted in the mind as a result of positive and skillful thoughts, words, and actions that ripen in the experience of happiness and well-being. According to the Mahāyāna, it is important to dedicate the merit of one’s wholesome actions to the benefit of all sentient beings, ensuring that others also experience the results of the positive actions generated.
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
- 福
- merit
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
- meritorious deeds
- བསོད་ནམས།
- bsod nams
- puṇya
See “merit.”