正しょう業ごう

noun

right action

Buddhist term, specifically one of the Eightfold Path (八正道). Abbreviation of 正業道.

See also: 八正道

• 八はっ正しょう道どうの一ひとつに正しょう業ごうがある。

  Right action is one of the Eightfold Path.

noun

correct meditative activity (in Jodo Buddhism, reciting Amitabha's name)

In Pure Land (Jodo) Buddhism, refers to the practice of reciting the nembutsu (南無阿弥陀仏) as the right act leading to rebirth in the Pure Land. Abbreviation of 正定業.

See also: 正定業

• 浄じょう土ど宗しゅうでは、念ねん仏ぶつを正しょう業ごうとする。

  In the Jodo sect, reciting the nembutsu is considered correct meditative activity.