妄もう念ねん

noun

delusive thought; obstructive thought; conviction based on flawed ideas

Buddhist term for a persistent, mistaken belief or delusion that obstructs enlightenment. In modern contexts, it can refer to any stubborn, irrational conviction.

• 妄もう念ねんを捨すてて、心こころを静しずめることが修しゅ行ぎょうの第だい一いっ歩ぽだ。

  Letting go of delusive thoughts and calming the mind is the first step of training.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんが正ただしいという妄もう念ねんにとらわれている。

  He is possessed by the delusion that he is right.