WOULD REJOICING AFTER PERFORMING MERITORIOUS DEEDS TAINT OUR MERITS?
Caller: A Buddhist friend is interested to know whether rejoicing after performing a meritorious deed, or taking delight after being praised by others would taint one’s merits?
Master Jun Hong Lu: No, it would not as long as you are not haughty and arrogant.
Caller: I see.
Master Jun Hong Lu: To rejoice merely indicates a type of dharma bliss that one feels after a virtuous act. It’s perfectly normal to feel this way. However, being arrogant needs to be avoided, as it taints one’s merits.
Source: Wenda20180302 01:01:10, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program