Word Meaning 煩悩の犬は追えども去らず

ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず bon no unoinu ha oedomosarazu

煩悩の犬は追えども去らず is read as ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず (bon no unoinu ha oedomosarazu) and means one cannot escape from one's worldly desires.

Meaning

English

one cannot escape from one's worldly desires
the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away

Reading

Kana

ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず

Romaji

bon no unoinu ha oedomosarazu

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 60 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 127774 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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煩悩

ぼんのう

klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

煩悩具足

ぼんのうぐそく

possessing worldly desires and passions

煩悩魔

ぼんのうま

demon of ill desires that injures one's body and mind

去る者は追わず来たる者は拒まず

さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまず

do not pursue those who leave you and do not turn away those who come to you

煩悩鷺

ぼんのうさぎ

yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)

煩悶懊悩

はんもんおうのう

anguish

去る者追わず

さるものおわず

do not chase the one who leaves

去る者は追わず

さるものはおわず

do not pursue those who leave you

百八煩悩

ひゃくはちぼんのう

the 108 kleshas

子煩悩

こぼんのう

adoring parent

犬追物

いぬおうもの

dog-hunting event of Kamakura period

懊悩煩悶

おうのうはんもん

anguish