The Most Popular Reason Why Buddhists Wish to Earn Merit

question 48

Multiple Choice

The most popular reason why Buddhists wish to earn merit is

• A) To make them better meditators.
• B) To not become a hungry ghost.
• C) To be reborn in heaven.
• D) To join their ancestors.

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Definitions:

Primary Process Thinking

A mode of thought in psychoanalytic theory, characterized by primitive, illogical, and fantasy-oriented thought processes, typically associated with the unconscious mind.

Secondary Process Thinking

In psychoanalytic theory, the term for rational and conscious processes of ordinary thought.

Freudian Perspective

A psychological view based on Sigmund Freud's theories that focus on unconscious processes and childhood experiences affecting behavior.

Topographic Model

A Freudian psychological theory illustrating the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious layers of the mind.