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極楽(ごくらく)Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise

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    1. Noun

      1.

      Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)

      Abbreviation, Buddhism,

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    2. Noun

      2.

      paradise, heaven on earth

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      極楽(ごくらく)浄土(じょうど)(きょう)理想(りそう)とする(ほとけ)(くに)です。

      Paradise, or Sukhavati, is the ideal Buddha land according to Pure Land Buddhism. {Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land), paradise}

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      (ぼく)()んだ(あと)極楽(ごくらく)にも地獄(じごく)にも()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}

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      極楽(ごくらく)世界(せかい)には、一切(いっさい)(くる)しみも()いと()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}

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      この()極楽(ごくらく)(あじ)わっている(ひと)には貧困(ひんこん)による(くる)しみなど想像(そうぞう)出来(でき)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}

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      念仏(ねんぶつ)(とな)えると、阿弥陀仏(あみだぶつ)本願力(ほんがんりき)によって極楽(ごくらく)()くことが出来(でき)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}

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