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    Making Merit: Is it really Meritorious?
    Making Merit: Is it really Meritorious?
    Making Merit: Is it really Meritorious?
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    Making Merit: Is it really Meritorious?

    By Tim McLachlan

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    Whether raised in Eastern or Western societies many people adhere to the concept of 'karma' - that doing good brings good things, bad brings bad - in some form or another. Every normal person wants to receive ‘good’, and so we see many people ‘being good’, with a double-sided motivation - they not only want to receive good, but they also fear that bad things will happen if they are not good. However, if a person is truly good, wouldn’t they do good simply because they are a good person, not because they want something in return, or because they are scared something negative might occur to them?
    This article, originally written with Thai Buddhists in mind, takes a closer look at the commonplace act of 'merit-making' and challenges the concepts and attitudes behind this ancient practice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTim McLachlan
    Release dateMar 4, 2016
    ISBN9781310656286
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      Making Merit - Tim McLachlan

      Making Merit

      – Is it really Meritorious?

      7 Principles that every karmically-influenced person should know about getting into heaven

      Author/Translator: Tim McLachlan

      (Translated into English from the original Thai language article Tam Dee Ja Dai Dee Jing Reu? )

      © 2014

      First published online via Smashwords

      ISBN:  9781310656286

      For details of additional materials please visit our website: www.ibdoctrine.org

      or contact us via email at: sawokproductions@yahoo.com

      or write to: P.O Box 319, C.P.O., Chiangmai, Thailand 50000

      Financial Policy

      There is no charge for this book, no matter what form of publishing.

      Foreword:

      This essay is translated from the Thai language article (Tam dee ja dai dee jing reu?) written with Thai Buddhists in mind, those who commonly recognize that making merit (tam boon) is a means to earn their way into heaven in the afterlife. Because of cultural and language differences which would be lost in a more literal translation the author/translator has chosen to make slight communicative changes in the English translation in order to enhance the reader’s understanding.

      Principle No. 1

      No one can ever be completely good

      Tam dee, gor ja dai dee (If you are good, you will receive good ) is a religious mantra that Thai people are very familiar with. Hearing

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