行ぎょう徳とく

noun

virtue gained through Buddhist practice

Buddhist term referring to the merit or virtue accumulated by engaging in Buddhist practices such as meditation, chanting, and following the precepts.

• 僧そう侶りょは日ひ々びの修しゅ行ぎょうによって行ぎょう徳とくを積つむ。

  Monks accumulate virtue through daily practice.

• 写しゃ経きょうは行ぎょう徳とくを高たかめる行おこないの一ひとつとされる。

  Copying sutras is considered one of the acts that enhance virtue gained through Buddhist practice.