無む始し曠こう劫ごう

noun

time immemorial; the infinite past

Buddhist term referring to the beginningless, immeasurably distant past; used in doctrinal contexts to describe the eternal nature of existence or the long journey toward enlightenment.

• 無む始し曠こう劫ごうより続つづく輪りん廻ねの苦くるしみ。

  The suffering of samsara continuing since time immemorial.

• 無む始し曠こう劫ごうの昔むかしから仏ほとけは衆しゅ生じょうを救すくおうとしている。

  Since the infinite past, the Buddha has been trying to save sentient beings.