worldly thoughts; worldly desires
Refers to attachment to worldly concerns, ambition, or desires, often with a Buddhist or spiritual connotation of something to be transcended.
He casts aside worldly thoughts and devotes himself to ascetic practice.
He lives a pure life, free from worldly desires.
Compound of 俗 (ぞく, 'worldly, secular') and 念 (ねん, 'thought, feeling'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in Buddhist-influenced contexts to denote mundane attachments.