Fruits of Merit

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Fruits of Merit

 

 

Once we do good things, our mind becomes purer.

 

When merit takes effect, we are given four benefits:

 

1. The Mind.

 

This benefit takes effects very quickly. Once we do good things, our mind becomes purer. We do not have to wait until the next life, but it occurs in our mind instantly.

 

- A  positive mental health includes calmness, more confidence, and being unaffected by others praise or criticism.

 

- Gain pure thoughts. Being able to think and solve problems quickly and accurately and being very organized and disciplined.

 

2. Appearance

 

Those who regularly donate a part of their wealth to others, keep their precepts, and meditate, will have a clear and cool mind without being submerged into a depressive or sad state. They also have no wish to hurt anyone, but only want to help. Their clear state of mind can be shown by their bright appearance.

 

 

 When we make merit without being discouraged and continue not doing any demerit, we guarantee our lives to be better  

3. Lifestyle

 

The way we lead our life is based on the amount of merits and misdeeds we have accumulated so far. It is this combination with our positive mind and character that draws the things most wished for in life to come to us, for example: a high position, praise, rank and a good life style.

 

One thing to keep in mind, however, is that how our lifestyle will turn out depends highly upon the old merits and misdeeds that we have made in the past. For this reason, the complexity of the concept of merit and demerit can sometimes be difficult to grasp.

 

For example, sometimes bad things happen to us, such as being blamed for something we did not do or having an accident. Even though we do good things, this is due to retributions from our past demerits that have now caught up with us. Not being able to understand this concept clearly may discourage anyone who does good things, but ‘bad’ things still happen to them, they may feel it is a lost cause and give up doing more good deeds.

 

In truth, our merit will always come into fruition, but sometimes our demerit may be stronger than our merit and the demerit takes control of our lives. When we make merit without being discouraged and continue not doing any demerit, we guarantee our lives to be better and it will lead us to happiness.

 

We will also become a person who leads others to do good things, which will bring peace and prosperity to our society

 

4. Society

 

When the fruits of our good deeds are ready to emerge into the stage of their outcome, regardless of where we are, we will be surrounded by the respect from others and it will cause us to become a leader.

 

We will also become a person who leads others to do good things, which will bring peace and prosperity to our society.

 

 

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