娑しゃ婆ばっ気け

noun

worldly desires; attachment to the secular world

Often used in Buddhist or literary contexts to describe lingering attachment to worldly pleasures and concerns, especially when contrasted with spiritual detachment. The word carries a slightly old-fashioned or formal tone.

• 出しゅっ家けしても娑しゃ婆ばっ気けが抜ぬけない人ひともいる。

  Even after becoming a monk, some people cannot rid themselves of worldly desires.

• 彼かれの娑しゃ婆ばっ気けは、金きん銭せんや名めい誉よへの執しゅう着ちゃくに表あらわれていた。

  His attachment to the secular world showed itself in his obsession with money and fame.