In Buddhism, the cultivation of skilful activity is often presented as the accumulation of merit. Accumulation in this context refers to increasing the frequency of skilful awakening activity. It is not accumulation in the sense of putting pennies in a piggy bank. Increasing the frequency and recognition of awakening activity creates an impetus. Skilful action must at first be engaged through effort, determination, and application of the methods of Mind Training. Eventually it becomes a way of being. This is accumulating merit. This is awakening.
Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 96
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