三界
さんがい
Meanings
- Noun the three realms of existence See also: 欲界 (よくかい). See also: 色界 (しきかい). See also: 無色界 (むしきかい).
- the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened See also: 三千大千世界 (さんぜんだいせんせかい).
- past, present and future existences See also: 三世 (さんぜ).
- Suffix far-off ...; distant ...
Kanji
Words containing 三界
- 三界流転 (さんがいるてん) endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
- 子は三界の首枷 (こはさんがいのくびかせ) a child is an everlasting responsibility
- 女は三界に家なし (おんなはさんがいにいえなし) a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
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