无始 (無始) wúshǐ
wúshǐ
phrase
without beginning
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anādikāla, or: anādikālika, Pali: anādikāla (Ding '無始'; Edgerton 1953 'anādikālika', p. 22; FGDB '無始'; SH '無始', p. 378)
Contained in
- 生死无始故(生死無始故) because saṃsāra has no beginning
- 无始无明(無始無明) innate nonenlightenment; basic ignorance
- 生死则无始(生死則無始) then Saṃsāra would be beginningless
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 31 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 52 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 37
- Scroll 34 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 27 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 6 Repentance Rituals of Compassion Altar (Cibei Daochang Chanfa) 慈悲道場懺法 — count: 25 , has English translation
- Scroll 67 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 23
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 21
- Scroll 1 Notes on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 — count: 21
- Scroll 10 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 21
- Scroll 1 More Notes on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna 大乘起信論別記 — count: 20 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Cibei Shui Chanfa 慈悲水懺法 — count: 20
Collocations
- 无始生死 (無始生死) 謂究竟無始生死 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 64
- 无始空 (無始空) 無始空 — The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines 摩訶般若波羅蜜經, Scroll 1 — count: 35
- 无始来 (無始來) 即無始來 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 2 — count: 24
- 众生无始 (眾生無始) 眾生無始生死 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 22
- 无始终 (無始終) 猶如車輪無始終 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 3 — count: 20
- 无始时 (無始時) 自無始時盡未來際 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 8 — count: 14
- 无始世 (無始世) 無始世來所習慳垢即便遠離 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 580 — count: 12
- 无始劫 (無始劫) 我及汝等無始劫來 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 2 — count: 12
- 无始世界 (無始世界) 我從無始世界已來 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
- 终无始 (終無始) 無終無始永安無形 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 4 — count: 8