noun
asceticism; practices that eliminate afflictions
Rare Buddhist term referring to ascetic practices aimed at cutting off worldly desires and mental defilements. Not used in everyday Japanese.
断行は仏教の修行の一つで、煩悩を断ち切るための厳しい行いを指す。
断行 is a Buddhist practice referring to severe asceticism aimed at cutting off afflictions.
Compound of 断 (cut off, sever) and 行 (practice, conduct). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in Buddhist contexts to denote ascetic practices that eliminate mental defilements.