功こう力りき

noun

spiritual power from Buddhist practice

Refers to the spiritual efficacy or merit gained through Buddhist discipline, such as ascetic practices or meditation. A technical term in Buddhism.

• 長なが年ねんの修しゅ行ぎょうによって功こう力りきを得えた僧そう侶りょ。

  A monk who gained spiritual power through years of ascetic practice.

• このお経きょうを唱となえると功こう力りきが増ますと言いわれている。

  It is said that chanting this sutra increases one's spiritual merit.