A Buddhist practitioner should hold themselves to high standards of spiritual cultivation, complete with merits and virtues. It is necessary to have both merits and virtues. Never belittle or diminish the Buddha-nature, or we will lose merits and virtues.
学佛的人要有境界，功德要齐备， 一个人“功”和“德”均不可少。千万不要轻视、藐视佛性， 才不会损失功德。
– Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 1
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