此し岸がん

noun

this world; this life; the shore of this world

Buddhist term contrasting with 彼岸 (the other shore, nirvana). Refers to the mundane world of suffering and delusion.

See also: 彼岸

• 此し岸がんに執しゅう着ちゃくする限かぎり、悟さとりは得えられない。

  As long as you cling to this world, you cannot attain enlightenment.

• 此し岸がんと彼ひ岸がんの対たい比ひは仏ぶっ教きょうの基き本ほん的てきな教おしえの一ひとつだ。

  The contrast between this shore and the other shore is one of the fundamental teachings of Buddhism.