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There are 20 total results for your 無始 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

無始


无始

see styles
wú shǐ
    wu2 shi3
wu shih
 mushi
    むし
(1) {Buddh} beginninglessness; (2) (archaism) distant past
Without beginning, as is the chain of transmigration.

無始世


无始世

see styles
wú shǐ shì
    wu2 shi3 shi4
wu shih shih
 mushise
from the beginningless past

無始來


无始来

see styles
wú shǐ lái
    wu2 shi3 lai2
wu shih lai
 mushirai
from beginningless [time]

無始時


无始时

see styles
wú shǐ shí
    wu2 shi3 shi2
wu shih shih
 mushiji
beginningless time

無始空


无始空

see styles
wú shǐ kōng
    wu2 shi3 kong1
wu shih k`ung
    wu shih kung
 mushi kū
Without beginning and unreal, void without beginning, the abstract idea of 無始 i.e. without beginning.

無始終


无始终

see styles
wú shǐ zhōng
    wu2 shi3 zhong1
wu shih chung
 mu shishū
no beginning or end

從無始


从无始

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cóng wú shǐ
    cong2 wu2 shi3
ts`ung wu shih
    tsung wu shih
 jū mushi
from beginningless [time]

無始世來


无始世来

see styles
wú shǐ shì lái
    wu2 shi3 shi4 lai2
wu shih shih lai
 mushi serai
from beginningless time

無始以來


无始以来

see styles
wú shǐ yǐ lái
    wu2 shi3 yi3 lai2
wu shih i lai
 mushi irai
since beginningless time

無始已來


无始已来

see styles
wú shǐ yǐ lái
    wu2 shi3 yi3 lai2
wu shih i lai
 mushi irai
since beginningless time

無始時來


无始时来

see styles
wú shǐ shí lái
    wu2 shi3 shi2 lai2
wu shih shih lai
 mushijirai
from beginningless time

無始曠劫


无始旷劫

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wú shǐ kuàng jié
    wu2 shi3 kuang4 jie2
wu shih k`uang chieh
    wu shih kuang chieh
 mushikougou / mushikogo
    むしこうごう
{Buddh} time immemorial
Transmigration which has existed without beginning through vast kalpas.

無始無明


无始无明

see styles
wú shǐ wú míng
    wu2 shi3 wu2 ming2
wu shih wu ming
 mushi mumyō
元品無明 (or 根本無明) The period of unenlightenment or ignorance without beginning, primal ignorance, also called 無始間隔, the period of transmigration which has no beginning; since under the law of causality everything has a cause, therefore no beginning is possible; for if there were a beginning it would be without cause, which is impossible. Also primal ignorance is without beginning; and the 眞如 is without beginning, the two terms connoting the same idea. 生死 Birth and death, or transmigration are 無始無終 also without beginning or end, but about the 'end' there is difference of interpretation.

無始無終


无始无终

see styles
wú shǐ wú zhōng
    wu2 shi3 wu2 zhong1
wu shih wu chung
 mushimushuu; mushimujuu / mushimushu; mushimuju
    むしむしゅう; むしむじゅう
(yoji) {Buddh} everlastingness; eternity
beginningless and endless

無始無邊


无始无边

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wú shǐ wú biān
    wu2 shi3 wu2 bian1
wu shih wu pien
 mushi muhen
The Buddha-truth is without beginning and infinite.

無始熏習


无始熏习

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wú shǐ xūn xí
    wu2 shi3 xun1 xi2
wu shih hsün hsi
 mushi kunshū
beginningless perfuming

無始生死


无始生死

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wú shǐ shēng sǐ
    wu2 shi3 sheng1 si3
wu shih sheng ssu
 mushi shōji
beginningless birth-and-death

無始無明住地


无始无明住地

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wú shǐ wú míng zhù dì
    wu2 shi3 wu2 ming2 zhu4 di4
wu shih wu ming chu ti
 mushi mumyō jūji
entrenchment of beginningless nescience

衆生無始無終


众生无始无终

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zhòng shēng wú shǐ wú zhōng
    zhong4 sheng1 wu2 shi3 wu2 zhong1
chung sheng wu shih wu chung
 shujō mushi mushū
As all beings are par of the 法身 dharmakāya they have neither beginning nor end.

皆由無始貪恚癡


皆由无始贪恚癡

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jiē yóu wú shǐ tān huì chī
    jie1 you2 wu2 shi3 tan1 hui4 chi1
chieh yu wu shih t`an hui ch`ih
    chieh yu wu shih tan hui chih
 kai yu mushi ton i chi
all originates from desire, ill-will, and folly

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 20 results for "無始" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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