also: だくせ · だくせい
noun
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).
濁世を離れて浄土を願う。
Leaving this defiled world, one aspires to the Pure Land.
仏教では、この世を濁世と見なすことがある。
In Buddhism, this world is sometimes regarded as a defiled world.
Alternate reading; rarely used.
From Buddhist terminology, combining 濁 (defilement) and 世 (world). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in sutras to describe the degenerate age.