noun
monastic life; transcending the secular world
Buddhist term referring to leaving worldly life to enter the monastic path, or the state of being beyond secular concerns.
彼は出世間を志して出家した。
He aspired to monastic life and became a monk.
出世間の道は厳しい修行を伴う。
The path of transcending the secular world involves rigorous training.
世俗 means the secular or worldly realm, the opposite of 出世間.
Compound of 出 (shutsu, 'leave') and 世間 (seken, 'world, society'), literally 'leaving the world'. The reading しゅっせけん reflects a sound change from しゅつせけん.