| 单词 | to acquire merit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto acquire merit d. Buddhism and Jainism. The good actions which a person performs in one state of existence, which help determine his or her successive entry into a better state; the effect on a person's karma of unselfish actions; (also) an unselfish action. Esp. in to acquire merit. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > good works > [noun] > as means of liberating the soul karma-yoga1785 merit1832 karma-marga1849 1832 C. Coleman Mythol. Hindus xiii. 220 Like the Buddhas, they [sc. the Jains] believe that there is a plurality of heavens and hells; that our rewards and punishments in them depend upon our merit or demerit. 1834 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 3 383 These attributes appertain to persons subject to mortal births and deaths, of which the series is as little limited as is that scale of cumulative merits to which it expressly refers. 1853 R. S. Hardy Man. Budhism ix. 450 Let him who has the opportunity of acquiring merit, by being born when the precepts of Budha are taught, be careful not to let his privileges pass away without improvement. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 433/1 This seed of existence Buddhism finds in ‘Karma’, the sum of merit and demerit. 1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv. 380 ‘She has acquired merit beyond all others,’ said the lama. ‘For to set a man upon the way to Freedom is half as great as though she had herself found it.’ 1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar iv. 43 ‘A strong man keeps temptation at his elbow in order to defy it.’ ‘In that way, honourable master, is merit acquired.’ 1972 ‘E. Peters’ Death to Landlords! xi. 162 The easiest way to peace of mind is to give. It is a fairly cheap way to acquire merit. < as lemmas |
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