The phase of a positive force, associated with a constructive action, that is an aftermath on one's mental continuum after having committed that action. It ripens either (1) intermittently into transitory samsaric happiness or (2) into the Form Bodies of a Buddha, depending on whether it is built up without or with labored bodhichitta and dedication to enlightenment. The former positive potential may be called "karmic" and the latter "enlightenment-building."
Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས། bsod-nams
Sanskrit: puṇya
Pali: puñña
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