四し有う

noun

the four stages of existence

Buddhist technical term referring to the four stages of birth, life, death, and the intermediate state (bardo). Used in doctrinal contexts.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、四し有うは生しょう有う・本ほん有ぬ・死し有う・中ちゅう有うを指さす。

  In Buddhism, the four stages of existence refer to birth, life, death, and the intermediate state.