Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no beginning: correlative to endless.
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- adjective
Incomplete for lack of abeginning . - adjective
Eternal ;uncreated ; having alwaysexisted .
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Examples
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The experience of this love is beginningless, endless and ever-new.
Andrew Z. Cohen: 'I Just Called To Say I Love You': Reflections On The Multiple Meanings Of Love Andrew Z. Cohen 2011
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Another statement that gets at the Buddhist appreciation for language is the Verse of Atonement: "All harmful karma ever caused by me since of old, on account of my beginningless greed, anger and ignorance born of my body, mouth and thought, now I atone for it all."
Bernie Glassman: Arising To The Interconnectedness Of Life Bernie Glassman 2011
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Another statement that gets at the Buddhist appreciation for language is the Verse of Atonement: "All harmful karma ever caused by me since of old, on account of my beginningless greed, anger and ignorance born of my body, mouth and thought, now I atone for it all."
Bernie Glassman: Arising To The Interconnectedness Of Life Bernie Glassman 2011
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The experience of this love is beginningless, endless and ever-new.
Andrew Z. Cohen: 'I Just Called To Say I Love You': Reflections On The Multiple Meanings Of Love Andrew Z. Cohen 2011
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Another statement that gets at the Buddhist appreciation for language is the Verse of Atonement: "All harmful karma ever caused by me since of old, on account of my beginningless greed, anger and ignorance born of my body, mouth and thought, now I atone for it all."
Bernie Glassman: Arising To The Interconnectedness Of Life Bernie Glassman 2011
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The experience of this love is beginningless, endless and ever-new.
Andrew Z. Cohen: 'I Just Called To Say I Love You': Reflections On The Multiple Meanings Of Love Andrew Z. Cohen 2011
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He discusses aspects of cyclic existence: the continua of the physical world, the samsaric realms (in relation to levels of consciousness), human evolution, and the beginningless reincarnation of mental continua (versus causeless or random production of a first moment of mind).
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From the Buddhist point of view, ultimate happiness -- the state of freedom, or enlightenment -- is within our minds and has been from beginningless time.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Finding Your Buffalo: The Path to Happiness 2010
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From the Buddhist point of view, ultimate happiness -- the state of freedom, or enlightenment -- is within our minds and has been from beginningless time.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Finding Your Buffalo: The Path to Happiness 2010
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From the Buddhist point of view, ultimate happiness -- the state of freedom, or enlightenment -- is within our minds and has been from beginningless time.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche: Finding Your Buffalo: The Path to Happiness 2010
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