生せい々せい流る転てん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; transmigration of souls

A Buddhist-derived yojijukugo expressing the idea that all living things are in constant flux through the cycle of life and death. Often used in philosophical or literary contexts.

• 生せい々せい流る転てんは仏ぶっ教きょうの根こん本ぽん的てきな考かんがえ方かたの一ひとつだ。

  The endless cycle of birth and death is one of the fundamental concepts of Buddhism.

• 万ばん物ぶつは生せい々せい流る転てんするという。

  It is said that all things are in a constant state of flux through birth and death.