正しょう報ほう

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

• 正しょう報ほうとは、前ぜん世せの業ごうによって今こん生じょうで受うける身しん体たいと精せい神しんのことです。

  Shōhō refers to the body and mind one receives in this life as a result of karma from previous lives.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、正しょう報ほうと依え報ほうは密みっ接せつに関かん係けいしていると説とかれます。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that direct retribution and environmental retribution are closely related.