極ごく楽らく往おう生じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

peaceful death; rebirth in paradise

A Buddhist term for dying peacefully and being reborn in the Pure Land (極楽). Also used more broadly for a calm, natural death without suffering.

• 祖そ母ぼは眠ねむるように極ごく楽らく往おう生じょうした。

  My grandmother passed away peacefully, as if falling asleep.

• 極ごく楽らく往おう生じょうを願ねがって念ねん仏ぶつを唱となえる。

  Chanting the nenbutsu, wishing for rebirth in the Pure Land.