生しょう滅めつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

birth and death; arising and ceasing

Buddhist term referring to the cycle of coming into existence and passing away. Often used in philosophical or religious contexts to describe the impermanence of all phenomena.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、すべてのものは生しょう滅めつを繰くり返かえすと説とかれる。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that all things repeat the cycle of birth and death.

• この世よの現げん象しょうは絶たえず生しょう滅めつしている。

  The phenomena of this world are constantly arising and ceasing.