世せ俗ぞく心しん

noun

worldliness; worldly-mindedness

Refers to a mindset attached to worldly concerns, desires, or material pursuits, often contrasted with spiritual or ascetic ideals. Somewhat formal or literary.

• 世せ俗ぞく心しんを捨すてて修しゅ行ぎょうに専せん念ねんする。

  Abandon worldly-mindedness and devote oneself to ascetic practice.

• 彼かれの世せ俗ぞく心しんの強つよさが、芸げい術じゅつの純じゅん粋すいさを損そこなっている。

  His strong worldliness is undermining the purity of his art.