noun
direct retribution; body and mind resulting from karma
Buddhist term referring to the body and mind one is born into as a direct result of past karma, contrasted with 依報 (the environment one is born into).
See also: 依報
正報とは、前世の業によって今生で受ける身体と精神のことです。
Shōhō refers to the body and mind one receives in this life as a result of karma from previous lives.
仏教では、正報と依報は密接に関係していると説かれます。
In Buddhism, it is taught that direct retribution and environmental retribution are closely related.