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**Unakjyfk** · 01-10-2011, 08:14 AM

There is the merit that is general goodness, and the merit that brings one into right view; literally makes one a good person, as opposed to simply acting on what they suppose is good (what others say is good). I have the PDF of Ajahn Chah's teachings and remember that part of it, Aloka, and it's really true. Although doing good things does produce good results for others, if we don't understand why we do it, it's only emulated goodness. The monks still need the support of those who, well, support them... but those people aren't freeing themselves by this if they're doing it thinking they'll have a better rebirth; it is only mind that truly suffers, and if mind isn't brought into right view, that suffering is going to continue.

01-10-2011, 08:14 AM	#5
Unakjyfk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 565 Senior Member	There is the merit that is general goodness, and the merit that brings one into right view; literally makes one a good person, as opposed to simply acting on what they suppose is good (what others say is good). I have the PDF of Ajahn Chah's teachings and remember that part of it, Aloka, and it's really true. Although doing good things does produce good results for others, if we don't understand why we do it, it's only emulated goodness. The monks still need the support of those who, well, support them... but those people aren't freeing themselves by this if they're doing it thinking they'll have a better rebirth; it is only mind that truly suffers, and if mind isn't brought into right view, that suffering is going to continue.
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