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Originally Posted by Hep
She also told me that when they do this stuff they get some kind of "charity points" (cant remember exactly how it was she put it) and that they could also get this stuff for doing other good deeds like donating blood for instance.
Since she told me this when I was with her and it was something that she had done in the past I have no reason to doubt her. However, that doesnt mean that some girls could use the same story if they have a "friend" over for a week.
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I do think that it is more likely that this is something that they wouldn't lie about to use for an excuse, because they take Buddhism very seriously. You never hear them making jokes about Buddha or monks.
Making merit is doing good deeds, which racks up good kharma points!! I totally believe in that stuff. Just seems like good common sense to me. Sometimes if I do a little bit of a good Samaritan thing, like pick up a hitchhiker and then go out of my way to take them somewhere if they have a good story of why they need to get there, they wil say, "Thanks so much." and I will say, "Oh, it's nothing!" And they say, "Really, I appreciate it, you didn't have to go out of your way for me!" Then I will say, "Well, actually, I needed the good kharma points!!"
Your good kharma points will often help you out it in this lifetime(what goes around comes around), but also determines whether you come back as a prince or a frog, bug or worse next go-round!!!
