sú​yuán

worldly ties

  • created sense approved 俗缘/俗緣 · sú​yuán · worldly ties — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    俗缘 / 俗緣

    sú​yuán

    worldly ties

    In Buddhism and Daoism, the social relations, human obligations, and attachments to the common world that a person must leave behind to join a monastic order.

    俗 (literal) → 俗 · sú · secular 缘 (literal) → 缘/緣 · yuán · fate

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