Merit - Repeatedly

Japanese: 功徳 - くどく

〘Noun〙 ("ku" is the Go-on pronunciation of "merit") Buddhist term. 1. Good deeds that bring happiness in the present and future. Good deeds that bring about the rewards of the gods and Buddhas. Good deeds that have the virtue of bringing about excellent results. Such as fasting, prayer, charity, making Buddha statues, and copying sutras. *Ryo Gikai (718), Monk and Nun, "Mercit. (That is, cultivating virtue.)" *Reader, Mukashibanashi Inazuma Cover (1806), 4, "It is a merit (kudoku) that surpasses reciting sutras." [Mahayana Gisho - 9] 2. Blessings from the gods and Buddhas. Reward for good deeds. *Shoreishu - 1 (around 835), Kiuuka, "Damn obstacles are heavy, merits are light." *Kobyoushi, Takamansai Pilgrimage Diary (1776), 1, "The repetition of this sutra is known to all."

Merit

〘Noun〙① Merit and virtue. Merit and benevolence. ※Reading Poetry Guidelines (1802) "Songs are the joy of submitting to the ancestral temple, praising the merits of ancestors and encouraging them to carry out the ritual." [Records of the Grand Historian - Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin] ② Good deeds that benefit people and society. Benefit. Repeatedly. ※Records of Edo Prosperity (1832-36) 2 "If the people have no merit, what use can they make of worship?" [Book of Rites - Royal System]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「く」は「功」の呉音) 仏語。① 現在、また未来に幸福をもたらすよい行ない。神仏の果報をうけられるような善行。すぐれた果を招く力を徳としてもっている善の行為。断食、祈祷、喜捨、造仏、写経の類。※令義解（718）僧尼「功徳。〈謂。修善也〉」※読本・昔話稲妻表紙（1806）四「読経にまさる功徳(クドク)なれ」〔大乗義章‐九〕② 神仏のめぐみ、ごりやく。善行をつんだ報い。※性霊集‐一（835頃）喜雨歌「業障重功徳軽」※黄表紙・高漫斉行脚日記（1776）上「この御経のくどくあまねく人の知るところ也」