also: じょくせ · だくせい
this corrupt world; the defiled world
Buddhist term for the present world, characterized by moral and spiritual defilement. Often contrasted with the pure land (浄土).
Leaving this defiled world, one aspires to the Pure Land.
In Buddhism, this world is sometimes regarded as a defiled world.
Standard kanji form; the reading じょくせ is the most common Buddhist reading.
Alternate reading; less common than じょくせ.
Alternate reading; rarely used.
A Buddhist term adopted from Chinese 濁世, literally “defiled world,” for a world or age corrupted by defilements.