優う婆ば塞そく

noun

upasaka; male lay Buddhist follower

A Buddhist term for a devout male lay follower who has taken the three refuges and observes the five precepts. The female counterpart is 優婆夷 (うばい).

from Sanskrit upāsaka

See also: 優婆夷

• 彼かれは熱ねっ心しんな優う婆ば塞そくで、毎まい朝あさお経きょうを読よんでいる。

  He is a devout upasaka and chants sutras every morning.

• 優う婆ば塞そくは在ざい家けのまま仏ぶつ道どうに励はげむ男だん性せい信しん者じゃを指さす。

  Upasaka refers to a male lay follower who practices Buddhism while living a household life.