Important Knowledge in the Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
174 - The Classification of Cause and Effect (7/11)
(4) Augmentative Result
An augmentative result involves not only an individual’s consciousness; but, also the shared karmic environment that is summoned. When a person has strong causal power, it changes not only their body but also their surroundings. “Augmentative” means exceeding or transforming the original conditions.
There is a saying: “When someone enters deep samādhi in the mountains, the grasses and trees there flourish; so, when cattle and sheep eat them, their coats become glossy.” If someone practices meditation deeply while on a mountain, all the vegetation there thrives, and animals that feed on it become radiant. This is an augmentative result.
It can also be described as a positive field of energy: it changes not only the person themselves, but also the surrounding environment.
174 因果的分類 (續 7 /11)
（四）增上果
增上果，不只是這個人的神識，包括所感召的共業環境。一個人如果有強的因，改變的不只是身體，也會改變他處的環境。增上，也就是超出了他本來的情況。
有一句話叫「入定山中之草木，牛羊食之毛光澤」，山上如果有一個人入定，修持得很好，山上所有的草都會長得很好，牛羊吃了之後，牠身上的毛也會充滿了光澤，這就是增上果。也可以說是好氣場，改變的不只是這個人本身，也改變了周圍的氣場。
Namo Amituofo!
