厭えん離り穢え土ど

noun

abhorrence of this impure world; desire to leave the defiled land

Buddhist term expressing the wish to be free from the suffering and impurity of this world, often paired with 欣求浄土 (longing for the Pure Land).

• 厭えん離り穢え土ど・欣ごん求ぐ浄じょう土どの精せい神しんは、浄じょう土ど教きょうの根こん本ぽんにある。

  The spirit of 'abhorrence of this impure world and longing for the Pure Land' lies at the heart of Pure Land Buddhism.