功く徳どく蔵ぞう

noun

accumulated merit; treasure house of merit

Buddhist term referring to the store of merit one has accumulated through good deeds and practice. Often used metaphorically as a 'treasure house' of merit.

See also: 功徳

• 彼かれの長なが年ねんの慈じ善ぜん活かつ動どうは、まさに功く徳どく蔵ぞうと言いえるだろう。

  His many years of charitable work can truly be called a treasure house of merit.

noun

Amithaba Buddha

In Buddhist context, used as an epithet for Amithaba Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light and Merit. Rare outside religious texts.

See also: 阿弥陀仏

• 浄じょう土ど宗しゅうでは、功く徳どく蔵ぞうとしての阿あ弥み陀だ仏ぶつを深ふかく信しん仰こうしている。

  In the Pure Land sect, Amithaba Buddha as the treasure house of merit is deeply revered.