寂じゃく静じょう

noun, na-adjective

quiet; stillness; tranquility

Formal or literary term for profound quiet and calm, often used in poetic or philosophical contexts.

• 夜よるの森もりは深ふかい寂じゃく静じょうに包つつまれていた。

  The forest at night was wrapped in deep stillness.

• 寂じゃく静じょうな湖こ畔はんで一いち日にちを過すごした。

  I spent the day by the tranquil lakeside.

noun

enlightenment; nirvana

Only with reading じゃくじょう

Buddhist term for the state of liberation from worldly desires and suffering; used specifically with the reading じゃくじょう.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、寂じゃく静じょうは悟さとりの境きょう地ちを指さす。

  In Buddhism, 寂静 refers to the state of enlightenment.