上じょう品ぼん

noun

highest paradise in Pure Land Buddhism

Refers to the highest of the nine grades of rebirth in the Pure Land (Jōdo) tradition. A specialized Buddhist term.

• 浄じょう土ど教きょうでは、極ごく楽らく往おう生じょうにも九ここのつの階かい位いがあり、その最さい上じょう位いを上じょう品ぼんと呼よぶ。

  In Pure Land Buddhism, there are nine grades of rebirth in the Pure Land, and the highest is called jōbon.