Merit

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master of puppets
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Merit

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What is merit?

I feel warm to think
the way of practicing is
the way of merit,,

so the ordinary way of life
lose merit in my eyes

& easy to connect with
a practicing life;
how much ever of it's lack of ordinary gains or profit;

what do you think?

right thinking??
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Re: Merit

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master of puppets wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:35 pm What is merit?

I feel warm to think
the way of practicing is
the way of merit,,
Our practice, and any merit, is dedicated to all beings.
master of puppets wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:35 pm so the ordinary way of life
lose merit in my eyes
Zen mind is ordinary mind, ordinary life.
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Re: Merit

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reiun wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:59 pm
master of puppets wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:35 pm What is merit?

I feel warm to think
the way of practicing is
the way of merit,,
Our practice, and any merit, is dedicated to all beings.
master of puppets wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:35 pm so the ordinary way of life
lose merit in my eyes
Zen mind is ordinary mind, ordinary life.
how so?
a practicing life and an ordinary life is very different. first of all you change all the parameters of your life. it changes from A to Z.

in one way you get merit.

and in the other full of free flights to hell at almost every corner. at least in my world.

that's what ı believe.
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