極ごく楽らく世せ界かい

Meanings

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noun

Sukhavati; Amitabha's Pure Land; land of Perfect Bliss

Buddhism

Buddhist term for the Western Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha, a realm of ultimate bliss where beings are reborn through faith and practice.

極ごく楽らく世せ界かいは阿あ弥み陀だ仏ぶつの浄じょう土どである。
Sukhavati is the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha.

world, boundary

Similar words

極ごく楽らく
極楽 is a more common, everyday term for paradise or heavenly bliss, while 極楽世界 is a formal Buddhist term specifically for Amitabha's Pure Land.
浄じょう土ど
浄土 is the general term for a Buddha's pure land, whereas 極楽世界 refers specifically to the Western Pure Land of Amitabha.

Etymology

From 極楽 (gokuraku, 'supreme bliss') + 世界 (sekai, 'world'). The term is a direct translation of the Sanskrit Sukhavati, the name of Amitabha's Pure Land in Mahayana Buddhism.