功く力りき

noun

spiritual merit; power of religious practice

Buddhist term referring to the beneficial influence or merit accumulated through pious acts, ascetic practice, or religious devotion.

• 長なが年ねんの修しゅ行ぎょうによって得えた功く力りきで、多おおくの人ひとを救すくったと伝つたえられる。

  It is said that through the spiritual merit gained from years of ascetic practice, he saved many people.