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極楽
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise
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極楽は浄土教の理想とする仏の国です。
Paradise, or Sukhavati, is the ideal Buddha land according to Pure Land Buddhism. {Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise}
僕は死んだ後、極楽にも地獄にも行きたくない。
I don't want to go to either paradise or hell after I die. {Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise}
極楽の世界には、一切の苦しみも無いと聞きました。
I heard that in the world of Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), there is no suffering whatsoever. {Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise}
この世の極楽を味わっている人には貧困による苦しみなど想像出来ないだろう。
People who are experiencing the paradise of this world probably cannot imagine the suffering caused by poverty. {Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise}
念仏を唱えると、阿弥陀仏の本願力によって極楽へ行くことが出来るのだとか。
It is said that by reciting the Buddhist chant, one can go to paradise due to the power of Amitabha Buddha's primal vow. {Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise}