Jisho

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ごくらく 極楽
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Noun
1. Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)​Buddhism, Abbreviation, See also 極楽浄土
Noun
2. paradise; heaven on earth​
Wikipedia definition
3. Sukhavati​Sukhāvatī refers to the western Pure Land of the Buddha Amitābha in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Sukhāvatī translates to "Land of Bliss."
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Jreibun
    この
  • よ世
    • で良い
  • おこな行い
    • をすれば、あの
  • よ世
    • できっと
  • ごくらく極楽
    • へ行けるというのは、
  • しんじんぶか信心深い
  • ひとびと人々
    • に
  • みずか自ら
    • の
  • おこな行い
    • を振り返り、
  • あらた改めさせる
    • ための
  • ひと一つ
    • の
  • ほうべん方便
    • でもあったのではないだろうか。
The idea that if one does good deeds in this world, he or she will surely be able to go to paradise in the next world, may have been a means to make deeply religious people repent for their own actions and change their ways.

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