貧ひん道どう

noun

imperfect Buddhist training; incomplete training

Buddhist term referring to one's own training being insufficient or flawed. Often used humbly by monks to describe their own practice.

• 僧そう侶りょは「貧ひん道どうの身みではありますが」と謙けん遜そんして言いった。

  The monk said humbly, 'Though I am of poor training...'

pronoun

I; me

Humble first-person pronoun used by Buddhist monks. Conveys self-deprecation regarding one's own spiritual attainment.

• 貧ひん道どうはこの寺てらで修しゅ行ぎょうを積つんでおります。

  I (humble) am training at this temple.