What is "Merit" in Buddhism? B. Alan Wallace

B. Alan Wallace describes the Buddhist concept of "merit" and its relationship to karma and karmic tendencies. It is one of these terms that is widely used but rarely examined in a Buddhism 101 or Buddhism for Beginners manner. #Buddhism #merit Recorded in Portola Valley, California in 2005. www.alanwallace.org
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Alan Wallace the author of numerous books including:
- Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic amzn.to/3nYd4qD
- Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity amzn.to/3bH4YwR
- Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality amzn.to/3q7HhpO
- Fathoming the Mind: Inquiry and Insight in Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence amzn.to/3weKogZ
- Dreaming Yourself Awake: Lucid Dreaming and Tibetan Dream Yoga for Insight and Transformation amzn.to/3EKqvRJ

[@loveyourself_first]

So profound. I actually watched it a second time.

[@JesseNickelltheFourth]

Thanks for inspiring me to do the same!

[@JesseNickelltheFourth]

You inspired me to watch this teaching three times... Thank you.

[@chrisstad]

Thank you Dharma Time.

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

You're welcome. Glad you're finding the content interesting.

[@456inthemix]

He has accumulated lots of merits in this life that's for sure.

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

Seriously! Like truckloads worth

[@mdrabiulislam9669]

Thank you Alan Wallace

[@indreamswake]

Thank you so much for sharing these!

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

sure thing, thanks for your interest in them. We did interviews with quite a number of teachers and scholars and expect to post new video clips weekly for the foreseeable future.

[@DharmaTime-is-now]

FYI - we'll be posting a new clip with Alan Wallace on Friday

[@nasrinaktershapla3044]

That was excellent.

[@irinaa2985]

если не т а н то...............знаю

[@squamish4244]

So basically merit is karma. Why not just call it karma then and remove the confusion?

[@bluedot2989]

I think Merit is Karma but not all Karma is merit… in fact every action is Karma

[@thatskybzstar5263]

If explain based on real life working, merit is like our savings, and karma is our efforts. No work, no money. Some people also work legally and not legally. Karma also works the same way (good and bad can be happened at the same time).