Sentence examples for meritorious actions from inspiring English sources

At Songshan there is not only the famous Shaolin Buddhist Temple, so closely associated with the "meritorious actions" (kung-fu) of the martial arts, but also the Confucian Songyang Academy and the Zhongyue Daoist temple.

The medal was founded in 1917 and was awarded for "meritorious" actions by civilians or military personnel, although the recipients did not attend a royal investiture.

Throughout his enormously active life as a philosopher and theologian, Arnauld was above all concerned to defend the doctrine that human beings, after the fall of Adam, can perform meritorious actions, but only if the actions are the result of a supernatural grâce efficace par elle-même.

The QOL is assessed with the "theological concept of accountability before God" (mukallaf) status: "the cognitive faculty to recognize God and thereby can benefit [a person's] afterlife by performing religious practices (worship) or other meritorious actions willfully".

Merit is that which is produces by meritorious action (karma).

In this enumeration of virtues, we find selfless giving understood not simply as alms-giving or "charity," but as the total, compassionate activity of bodhisattvas for whom meritorious action leading to enlightenment and the giving of their own merit to others are interfused.

It should, however, be noted that there are serious attempts to interpret Kant's theory as leaving some room for supererogation (Hill 1971, Eisenberg 1966, Heyd 1983) and there are utilitarians like Mill who specifically hail the value of non-obligatory meritorious action (Mill 1969).

The National Court of Honor certifies the BSA's highest awards: lifesaving and meritorious action awards, Distinguished service awards, Eagle Scout and Quartermaster.

Hepfner, who had just completed a training in first aid over the weekend, was awarded the Meritorious Action Award's Medal of Merit for his uncommon degree of concern for the well-being of others.

1782: Badge of Military Merit: The first formal system for rewarding acts of individual gallantry by American soldiers was established by George Washington when he issued a field order on August 7, 1782, for a Badge of Military Merit to recognize those members of the Continental Army who performed "any singular meritorious action".

In 1782 he directed that "whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth or silk edged with narrow lace or binding".