三世
The three periods, 过去, 现在, 未来or 过, 现, 未, past, present, and future. The universe is described as eternally in motion, like flowing stream. Also 未生, 巳生,后灭, or 未, 现, 过 unborn, born, dead The 华严经 Hua-yen stra has a division of ten kinds of past, present, and future i.e. the past spoken of as past, present, and future, the present spoken of in like manner, the future also, with the addition of the present as the three periods in one instant. Also 三际.
