我が執しゅう

noun

egotism; obstinacy; self-attachment

Buddhist term for clinging to the self and one's own views; used in both religious and secular contexts to describe stubborn self-centeredness.

• 彼かれの我が執しゅうの強つよさには周しゅう囲いも手てを焼やいている。

  His strong self-attachment is a source of trouble for those around him.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、我が執しゅうを捨すてることが悟さとりへの道みちとされる。

  In Buddhism, abandoning self-attachment is considered the path to enlightenment.