積せき善ぜん

noun

accumulation of good deeds

A Buddhist-influenced term for the piling up of virtuous acts over time, often with the idea that this brings good fortune. Contrasts with 積悪 (accumulation of evil deeds).

See also: 積悪

• 積せき善ぜんの家いえには必かならず余よ慶けいあり。

  A family that accumulates good deeds will surely have lasting blessings.

• 彼かれは日ひ々びの小ちいさな親しん切せつを積せき善ぜんと考かんがえている。

  He considers daily small kindnesses as an accumulation of good deeds.