自じ力りき回え向こう

noun

self-power merit transfer

Buddhist term: directing one's own accumulated merit toward enlightenment, as opposed to relying on the merit of others (他力回向). Rare outside specialized Buddhist contexts.

• 自じ力りき回え向こうの考かんがえ方かたは、浄じょう土ど教きょうの他た力りき回え向こうと対たい比ひされる。

  The concept of self-power merit transfer is contrasted with the other-power merit transfer in Pure Land Buddhism.