宿しゅく命みょう通つう

noun

knowledge of past lives; supernormal power of recollecting previous existences

Buddhist term; one of the six supernormal powers (六神通). Refers to the ability to remember one's own and others' past lives. Rare in everyday language.

See also: 六神通

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、宿しゅく命みょう通つうは修しゅ行ぎょうによって得えられる神じん通つう力りきの一ひとつとされる。

  In Buddhism, 宿命通 is regarded as one of the supernormal powers attainable through practice.