Sentence examples for gained merit from inspiring English sources

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.

Since Channa's intention was to perform a meritorious act of generosity, the Buddha tells his followers not to condemn Channa; since he did not know that the food was contaminated, he actually gained merit from this action.

The myth that wet hair and low temperatures can cause these illnesses has gained merit because it's common for the flu and the common cold to be associated with cold weather.

So basically, partially because of what had happened in the history of Korea, and partially because in Korea, confidence is a gained merit and not a given merit, it took me a long time to appreciate my own beauty.

By circumambulating a stupa, a person is said to gain merit and drive off negative forces.

Schools have a high turnover of often-inexperienced teachers, gaining merit by doing time in the banlieues.

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?

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.

Some religions--notably, Christianity and Islam, teach that we gain merit in heaven by converting others to our religion.

Years later, a Tibetan monk told me something that would have eased my worry: even if you had no faith, you could gain merit from making one circumambulation of a temple, like an ant floating around a stupa on a piece of dung in a flood.