also: えんり
departing from this world in disdain; renouncing the world
Buddhist term for turning away from the defiled world with a sense of revulsion, often in the context of seeking rebirth in the Pure Land. Appears in phrases like 厭離穢土 (おんりえど).
One recites the nembutsu with a mind that has turned away from this defiled world.
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist term. The reading おんり is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common than おんり.
Buddhist term composed of 厭 (dislike, detest) and 離 (separate, leave). The reading おんり is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; えんり is a variant.