单词 | merit-making |
释义 | > as lemmasmerit-making merit-making n. Buddhism the practice of performing unselfish actions which accumulate merit. ΚΠ 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 303/2 Merit making involves dāna (giving, such as offering food and robes to monks or donating a temple or monastery); sīla (the keeping of the moral precepts); and bhāvanā (the practice of meditation). 1987 Amer. Ethnologist 14 706 The most frequently observed Buddhist activity is merit-making, the offering of goods to monks. < as lemmas |
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