noun
all places; all circumstances
A literary or formal term encompassing every possible place or situation. Often found in philosophical or poetic contexts.
万境に心を留めず、ただ自然に任せる。
Without fixing the mind on any particular place or circumstance, just let things be natural.
この禅の言葉は、万境に動じない心を説いている。
This Zen saying teaches a mind unmoved by all circumstances.
Compound of 万 (ban, 'ten thousand; myriad; all') and 境 (kyō, 'boundary; place; circumstance'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word appears in classical and Buddhist texts.