Sentence examples for gain merit from inspiring English sources
"gain merit" is correct and it can be used in written English
For example, "He worked hard all year to gain merit in his boss's eyes."
By circumambulating a stupa, a person is said to gain merit and drive off negative forces.
It is believed that once a person is ordained they gain merit that is also extended to their parents.
Seve Ballesteros felt that Lyle had been slightly hasty with his decision, an opinion that seemed to gain merit as Lyle subsequently shot 70-69-72-69 in the European Masters and finished eighth at the European Open.
"Gone where?" "Only seven of our group made it, out of 23 … We were told that if we bathed in Manasarovar, and finished the parikrama of Kailas, everything would be all right …" "That you would gain merit?
Khru Ya, a retired teacher in Pattani, and a Muslim, told The Bangkok Post: "There is a saying among insurgents: 'Get Buddhists, gain merit.' They believe that if they kill Buddhists, they will go to heaven".
The Ananda Temple is perhaps the most beautiful, with richly carved details—labored over, gratuitously, considering that temples were built to gain merit with the God Buddha and quantity was what mattered.
Get married early with an active player to gain merits periodically.
Schools have a high turnover of often-inexperienced teachers, gaining merit by doing time in the banlieues.
In towns across Myanmar, monks have traditionally filed down streets at dawn seeking alms, and laypeople have gained merit by donating rice and other food.
Judaism, because of its view that God created the world and that the world (including man) is good, is nonascetic in character and includes only certain ascetic features, such as fasting for strengthening the efficacy of prayer and for gaining merit.
On the contrary, as the papal secretary of state declared on his master's behalf, "there is no doubt that whosoever sends her out of the world with the pious intention of doing God service, not only does not sin but gains merit".
