quả phúc
Definition
- Noun:
- The fruit of good deeds / The reward for virtuous acts: In Buddhist context, "quả phúc" refers to the positive karmic result or reward that one receives as a direct consequence of performing good deeds, charitable acts, or helping others.
- Blessing / Good fortune: It can also signify the general state of happiness, luck, or prosperity believed to be bestowed upon someone due to accumulated merit from past virtuous actions.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Làm việc thiện sẽ gặt hái quả phúc. (Doing good deeds will reap the fruit of merit.)
- Sự giàu có của gia đình họ được xem là một quả phúc. (Their family's wealth is considered a blessing from virtuous acts.)
- Theo đạo Phật, quả phúc có thể ảnh hưởng đến kiếp này và kiếp sau. (In Buddhism, the fruit of merit can affect this life and the next.)
Advanced Usage
- The concept is central to the Buddhist and Vietnamese folk spiritual belief in karma ("nhân quả"), where "quả phúc" is the positive "quả" (fruit/result) arising from good "nhân" (causes/actions).
Variants and Related Words
- Phúc báo (n): Retribution of good fortune; the specific report or return of blessings from good deeds.
- Phúc đức (n): Virtue and the happiness it brings; often used to describe a person's or family's accumulated merit and moral character.
- Âm đức (n): Secret virtue or hidden good deeds, the merit of which is believed to bring blessings to one's descendants.
Synonyms
- Karmic reward: A benefit received due to good karma.
- Blessing: A beneficial thing bestowed, often seen as divine or spiritual favor.
- Merit: The spiritual credit or positive quality gained from virtuous action.
Related Idioms and Concepts
- Gieo nhân nào, gặt quả nấy: You reap what you sow. This proverb encapsulates the cause-and-effect relationship behind "quả phúc" and its opposite, "quả báo" (the fruit of retribution for bad deeds).
- Phúc đức tại mẫu: The children's fortune comes from the mother's virtue. An idiom highlighting the belief that a mother's merit brings blessings to her children.
- Ăn ở có phúc: To live virtuously and thus possess merit/blessings.