Making Merit  – Is it really Meritorious?: Seven Principles that every karmically-influenced person should know about getting into heaven Making Merit  – Is it really Meritorious?: Seven Principles that every karmically-influenced person should know about getting into heaven

Making Merit – Is it really Meritorious?: Seven Principles that every karmically-influenced person should know about getting into heaven

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Whether raised in Eastern or Western societies many people adhere to the concept of 'karma' - that doing good brings good things, bad brings bad - in some form or another. Every normal person wants to receive ‘good’, and so we see many people ‘being good’, with a double-sided motivation - they not only want to receive good, but they also fear that bad things will happen if they are not good. However, if a person is truly good, wouldn’t they do good simply because they are a good person, not because they want something in return, or because they are scared something negative might occur to them?
This article, originally written with Thai Buddhists in mind, takes a closer look at the commonplace act of 'merit-making' and challenges the concepts and attitudes behind this ancient practice.

GENRE
Zelfontplooiing
VERTELLER
TM
Tim McLachlan
TAAL
EN
Engels
DUUR
00:35
u. min.
UITGEGEVEN
2018
31 augustus
UITGEVER
Tim McLachlan
GROOTTE
32,2
MB

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