依え報ほう

noun

circumstantial retribution; dependent reward

Buddhist term: the physical and social environment one is born into as a result of past karma, contrasted with 正報 (the individual body and mind). Used in doctrinal contexts.

See also: 正報

• 依え報ほうとは、前ぜん世せの業ごうによって生うまれる環かん境きょうのことを指さす仏ぶっ教きょう用よう語ごです。

  依報 is a Buddhist term referring to the environment one is born into due to karma from previous lives.