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I think it is quite important to get away from the connotations that our Western words have – we earn our happiness, and so on, which comes from the German word verdienen: “We are entitled to something because we paid for it.”
The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned? 1999
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The meaning of the German word "verdienen" has the same content.
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When we look at the Indian and Tibetan traditions of Buddhism, but not Chinese Buddhism, we tend to bring in our Western concepts and this creates confusion because we have this word verdienen for merit.
The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned? 1999
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All these ideas get mixed up with the German word verdienen.
The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned? 1999
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The point that I am trying to make with this is that the whole idea of verdienen, which is to earn something or to be entitled to something – and by extension, our Western concept of this, is very different from the Buddhist concept of karma, which is what this whole discussion is about: positive potential.
The Buddhist Concept of Merit: Does Happiness Need To Be Earned? 1999
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En ik betwijfel of het allemaal 'goede hackers' zijn, die gasten doen het niet om een technische prestatie neer te zetten maar voeren een standaardtrucje uit om geld te verdienen.
my wow-account nathreee 2010
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Für den künstlerischen Gehalt dieses Widerstands verdienen Sie diesen Preis.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 - Presentation Speech 2009
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Um Geld zu verdienen mit Ihrem Blog, verwenden Sie zun? chst
Not lookin’ good. 2009
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Nederlands · Japan: De walvisjacht, voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek of om geld te verdienen?
Global Voices in English » Japan: Whaling. Scientific research or commercial hunting? 2009
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Tja, als er een gratis boek valt te verdienen, dan zijn ze er wel gauw bij natuurlijk, die lezers.
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