tiền kiếp
Definition
- Noun:
- Past life / Previous incarnation: In Buddhist and some other spiritual beliefs, "tiền kiếp" refers to the life a soul lived before its current existence. It is the concept of reincarnation, where one's current life is shaped by actions (karma) from past lives.
- A former existence: More generally, it can poetically refer to a state of being or existence that preceded the current one.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ta tin rằng mình đã là một nhà sư trong tiền kiếp. (He believes he was a monk in a past life.)
- Theo thuyết luân hồi, những gì xảy ra ở kiếp này là do nghiệp từ tiền kiếp. (According to the theory of reincarnation, what happens in this life is due to karma from past lives.)
- Cô ấy có cảm giác quen thuộc kỳ lạ, như thể họ đã gặp nhau từ tiền kiếp. (She had a strange sense of familiarity, as if they had met in a previous incarnation.)
Advanced Usage
"nợ tiền kiếp": A karmic debt from a past life.
- Câu chuyện tình cảm của họ phức tạp như một món nợ tiền kiếp. (Their love story is as complicated as a karmic debt from a past life.)
"nhớ tiền kiếp": To remember a past life.
- Một số đứa trẻ được cho là có khả năng nhớ tiền kiếp. (Some children are said to have the ability to remember their past lives.)
Variants and Related Words
Kiếp (n): life, incarnation, lifetime (often implying a cycle of existence).
- Sống một kiếp an lành. (To live a peaceful life.)
Hậu kiếp (n): future life, next incarnation.
- Làm việc thiện để tích đức cho hậu kiếp. (Do good deeds to accumulate virtue for the next life.)
Luân hồi (n): samsara, cycle of rebirth, reincarnation.
- Giáo lý về vòng luân hồi. (The doctrine of the cycle of reincarnation.)
Synonyms
- Past life: A life lived before the present one.
- Previous incarnation: A former bodily form of a soul.
- Former existence: A state of being that occurred earlier.
Related Idioms and Concepts
Oan gia tiền kiếp: A foe or enemy from a past life; often used to describe a tumultuous, destined relationship.
- Họ cãi nhau suốt ngày, đúng là oan gia tiền kiếp. (They argue all day, truly like enemies from a past life.)
Duyên tiền kiếp: A predestined affinity or connection from a past life.
- Họ gặp và lập tức cảm thấy gắn bó, như có duyên tiền kiếp. (They met and immediately felt a bond, as if connected by a predestined affinity from a past life.)