noun
salvation from suffering through Buddha's teachings
Buddhist term referring to deliverance from suffering based on the Buddha's teachings. The reading ぐさい is a voiced variant sometimes used in compounds or traditional contexts.
仏教では、救済は悟りへの道とされる。
In Buddhism, salvation is considered the path to enlightenment.
救い is a general term for rescue or relief, while 救済 is specifically a Buddhist term for salvation from suffering.
From Middle Chinese 救濟 (kjuwH tsejH), meaning 'to save, to relieve'. The reading くさい is the go-on reading, while ぐさい is a voiced variant.