娑婆

Meaning

1. n
   this world; this life
2. n
   the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.)
3. n
   this corrupt world; present world

Example sentences

• 我こそは汝が父の亡靈なれ。只眞夜中の若千時のみ、閻浮にさまよふ許あれども、娑婆にて犯しゝ罪業の燒き淨めらるゝそれまでは、焦熱地獄の餓鬼の苦しみ。

  I am your father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and during the day I am confined to burn in fires, until the evil crimes I had done in my life are burnt and purged away.