煩ぼん悩のうの犬いぬは追おえども去さらず

expression

one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away

A Buddhist proverb comparing worldly desires to persistent hounds that cannot be chased away. Used to express the difficulty of freeing oneself from earthly passions.

• 煩ぼん悩のうの犬いぬは追おえども去さらずというように、なかなか欲よくを捨すてきれない。

  As the saying goes, 'the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away,' and I just can't seem to let go of my desires.