Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

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[front, in front]

先世 [prior lifetime]

先世業 [karma accumulated from previous lives]

先世資糧 [accumulation from prior lives]

先來 [originally]

先修 [first cultivates]

先修止行 [previously cultivated tranquility]

先哲 [wise men of old]

先尋思 [preceded by reflection]

先尼 [sainika]

先已 [previously]

先已生 [having already happened]

先所受 [received (experienced) earlier]

先所得 [previously acquired]

先時 [before]

先有後無 [prior exists, but no subsequent]

先業 [prior karma]

先業後果 [prior action (karma) and subsequent effect]

先止後食 [not accepting food after having risen from one's seat]

先照高山 [the rising sun first shines on the highest mountains]

先生 [senior]

先習 [prior habituation]

先習起 [arisen from prior habituation]

先習起種子 [seeds arisen from previous habituation]

先行 [previously active]

先言 [to speak sincerely]

先言問訊 [to question in sincere language (?)]

先語 [first declared; spoken earlier]

先語省問 [to respectfully salute]

先說 [explained before]

先起 [first arises]

先蹤 [precedents; traces]

先進 [senior rank]

先過去 [bygone]

先達 [senior practitioner of the path]

先陀 [saindhava]

先陀婆 [four necessities]

先陀客 [a person of sharp intelligence]

先陳 [subject]

先首語 [urbane speech]


Updated: 2007-01-18