天耳通てんにつう

noun

divine hearing; heavenly ear

Buddhist term for the supernormal ability to hear sounds from any distance or realm, one of the six higher knowledges (六神通).

See also: 六神通

• 天耳てんに通つうを得えた修しゅ行ぎょう者しゃは、遠とおくの音おとも聞きき分わけられるという。

  It is said that a practitioner who has attained divine hearing can discern even distant sounds.