also: げんぜりやく
worldly benefits from Buddhist practice
A Buddhist term referring to practical, this-worldly rewards (health, wealth, safety, etc.) believed to come from following Buddhist teachings or performing meritorious acts. Often contrasted with spiritual or afterlife benefits.
Many people visit temples seeking worldly benefits.
このお経には現世利益が説かれている。
This sutra teaches about benefits in this life.
Refers to benefits in the afterlife, as opposed to 現世利益 which concerns this-worldly gains.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading げんせりやく is the most common.
Alternate reading; げんぜりやく is also used but less common.
A yojijukugo composed of 現世 (this world, the present life) and 利益 (benefit, profit). The term is rooted in Buddhist doctrine, where it describes the tangible rewards of religious practice in one's current existence.