天てん眼げん通つう

noun

clairvoyance; divine eye

Buddhist term for supernatural vision, one of the six higher knowledges (六神通). Refers to the ability to see things beyond ordinary perception, including distant, hidden, or future events.

See also: 六神通

• 天てん眼げん通つうは、仏ぶっ教きょうで説とかれる神じん通つう力りきの一ひとつです。

  Clairvoyance is one of the supernatural powers taught in Buddhism.

• 修しゅ行ぎょうによって天てん眼げん通つうを得えたと伝つたえられる僧そうがいる。

  There is a monk who is said to have attained clairvoyance through ascetic practice.