tariki means other power, outside help. Practice that assumes one's own capability is not sufficient, instead relying on other power - see also jiriki. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Why this word is great
TARIKI — [Noun] In Shin Buddhism, the path of liberation through complete reliance on the grace and vow of Amida Buddha, renouncing one's own spiritual striving. From Japanese 他力 (tariki), from 他 (ta, "other") + 力 (riki, "strength, power"). Unlike *jiriki*—the steep, inward climb of ascetic discipline—or the broad theological canopy of Christian *grace*, tariki is the specific, quiet scandal of surrender to an external, perfected force. It is the exhausted swimmer borne by the current, the patient who ceases to prescribe their own cure, and the passenger who finally relinquishes the oars—a profound passivity that is, paradoxically, the only work required.
noun
- other power, outside help. Practice that assumes one's own capability is not sufficient, instead relying on other power - see also jiriki.