“…. commonly merit means you will be able to gain something, just like one way. It is a customer-mentality so people can easily accept “if I do this, I will get this merit”; “if I practise for one hour, I get this merit”. It’s a customer-mentality of merchandise.
But the real meaning of Kudoku ( merit ) is that the energy is springing out from you, the positive energy of the fortune, of the creation, energy of the light to purify the negative karma and negative spirit, all those energies spring out from you, spreading and affecting the world and other people. This is the meaning of Kudoku, this is the merit, and that merit is so strong. ….”
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Hope Warriors Dharma Talk 