火か宅たく

noun

this world of suffering; burning house (Buddhist metaphor)

Buddhist term; the world is likened to a house on fire, full of suffering and delusion. Often used in the phrase 火宅の世.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、この世よを火か宅たくにたとえることがある。

  In Buddhism, this world is sometimes likened to a burning house.

• 火か宅たくの世よを離はなれて、悟さとりを求もとめる。

  Leaving this world of suffering, one seeks enlightenment.