worldly pleasure

collocation in English

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worldly
adjective
uk
/ˈwɜːld.li/us
/ˈwɝːld.li/
relating to or consisting of physical things and ordinary life rather than ...
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pleasure
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpleʒ.ər/us
/ˈpleʒ.ɚ/
enjoyment, happiness, or satisfaction, or something that ...
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(Definition ofworldlyandpleasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are supposed to express a monastic denial ofworldlypleasureand richness.
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Persons of medium motive are searching for their own ultimate peace and abandonworldlypleasure.
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According to vedantic view, even theworldlypleasure, is in fact pain.
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That is the animal instinct that is found in every human being and which lures people's body and mind to immoderate search for worldly pleasures.
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Ascetics lead a strict life, refraining from worldly pleasures and devoting their lives to the service of the holy fellowship.
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Seeking to fulfill worldly pleasures through forbidden means is called "tama".
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They opposed war, alcohol, tobacco, and worldly pleasures.
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She enjoys worldly pleasures and drinks to excess.
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He spent the early part of his life at court in the midst of worldly pleasures and ambitious intrigues.
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Eeswar hates his stepmother thinking that his father married her to enjoy worldly pleasures.
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These ascetics wear orange robes and lead a strict life, refraining from worldly pleasures and devoting their lives to the service of the fellowship.
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He gave up worldly pleasures, taking up the life of a "sadhu" (holy man).
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Reflecting on these events, he realised the futility of love and worldly pleasures, renounced his kingdom, retired to the forest, and wrote poetry.
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Shedding worldly pleasures and attachments might seem to require that such flowers of culture as poetry, literature, and visual arts be given up.
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The twelfth lunar day is for children and ascetics who had renounced the worldly pleasures.
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He advocated a life of contentment with as little grief as possible, which he said could not be achieved through either idleness or preoccupation with worldly pleasures.
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The purpose of the wars is often to eliminate demonic beings or lords and rulers who pursue war want only for ambition (wicked wishes) and domination (for worldly pleasures).
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Unlike most such returnees, he is not indulging in as many worldly pleasures as he can, however, but has returned in order to remedy a distressing problem.
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Are worldly pleasures, then, worth seeking?
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