如にょ露ろ如にょ電でん

noun

life is as fleeting as dew or lightning

Rare Buddhist term, quoting the Diamond Sutra; used to express the impermanence and illusory nature of existence. Cross-referenced with 如露亦如電.

See also: 如露亦如電

• 「如にょ露ろ如にょ電でん」は、金こん剛ごう般はん若にゃ経きょうの一いっ節せつから来きている。

  如露如電 comes from a passage in the Diamond Sutra.