The type of karmic force associated with a constructive action and which ripens intermittently into transitory happiness. It has two phases: (1) the positive karmic energy of the action, and (2) the positive karmic potential after the action.
Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས། bsod-nams
Sanskrit: puṇya
Pali: puñña
J. Hopkins: Merit
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