正しょう機き

noun

those capable of receiving Buddhist teaching and salvation

Buddhist term; often appears in the compound 悪人正機 (the doctrine that even evil persons can attain salvation). Rarely used independently in modern Japanese.

See also: 悪人正機

• 悪あく人にん正しょう機きの教おしえでは、正しょう機きとは教おしえを受うけ入いれる素そ質しつのある者ものを指さす。

  In the teaching of 悪人正機, 正機 refers to those who have the capacity to receive the teachings.