- 三世
- The three periods, [lang id =1028]過去, [lang id =1028]現在, [lang id =1028]未來or [lang id =1028]過, [lang id =1028]現, [lang id =1028]未, past, present, and future. The universe is described as eternally in motion, like flowing stream. Also [lang id =1028]未生, [lang id =1028]巳生,[lang id =1028]後滅, or [lang id =1028]未, [lang id =1028]現, [lang id =1028]過 unborn, born, dead The [lang id =1028]華嚴經 Hua-yen sūtra has a division of ten kinds of past, present, and future i.e. the past spoken of as past, present, and future, the present spoken of in like manner, the future also, with the addition of the present as the three periods in one instant. Also [lang id =1028]三際.* * *﹝亦名三際, 出阿毘達磨集異門足論﹞ 世即遷流之義, 亦隔別之義也。 〔一、 過去世〕, 謂善惡諸行, 已起、 已生、 已轉、 已聚集、 已出現, 落謝變滅, 過去所攝, 是名過去世。 〔二、 未來世〕, 謂善惡諸行, 未起、 未生、 未聚集、 未出現, 未來所攝, 是名未來世。 〔三、 現在世〕, 謂善惡諸行, 現起、 現生、 現聚集、 現出現, 未轉、 未謝、 未滅, 現在所攝, 是名現在世。* * *過去世、 現在世、 未來世。 凡已生已滅之法叫做過去世, 已生未滅之法叫做現在世, 未生未起之法叫做未來世。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.