今こん世せ界かい

noun

this world; the present world

Buddhist term referring to the current, transient world of suffering, as opposed to the Pure Land or the afterlife. Often used in religious or philosophical contexts.

• 今こん世せ界かいの苦くるしみから逃のがれるために、彼かれは仏ぶつ門もんに入はいった。

  To escape the suffering of this world, he entered the Buddhist priesthood.

• 今こん世せ界かいは無む常じょうであると説とかれる。

  It is taught that this world is impermanent.