material world; physical realm
Used in philosophical, religious, or spiritual contexts to contrast with the spiritual or immaterial world. Often appears in discussions of dualism or cosmology.
In many religions, the distinction between the material world and the spiritual world is emphasized.
His philosophy takes only phenomena of the physical realm as its object of study.
spiritual world; mental world
Compound of 物質 (ぶっしつ, 'matter, substance') and 界 (かい, 'world, realm'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese formation used in modern philosophical and religious discourse.