Melanie Polatinsky: The Vital Necessity of Accumulating Merit and Wisdom - Part 4

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The Vital Necessity of Accumulating Merit and Wisdom - Part 4

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Series: Melanie Polatinsky: The Vital Necessity of Accumulating Merit and Wisdom (4 tracks)

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In this final session we really begin to understand how the accumulation of our final goal of deep WISDOM, can only come with the proper background of purification and merit!

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Polatinsky, Melanie. "The Vital Necessity of Accumulating Merit and Wisdom - Part 4." Produced by Kagyu Samye Dzong Randburg South Africa Aug 26, 2025. Video, 1:30:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-4Lqdyus0.

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Puṇya - The positive energy or potential created through performing good deeds, such as generosity or kindness. In Buddhism, accumulating this positive force is seen as essential for finding happiness in future lives, and crucial as a foundation for following the spiritual path. Skt पुण्य  Tib བསོད་ནམས་  Ch 福;功德  

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Kagyu - The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa. Tib བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་  

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