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  2. Buddhist cosmology - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the ... The three realms contain together thirty-one planes of existence, ... (7.31 km ). Pure ...

  3. Trailokya - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, the three worlds refer to the following destinations for karmic rebirth: Kāma-loka (world of desire), is a plane of existence typified by base desires, populated by hell beings, preta (hungry ghosts), animals, humans, lower demi-gods and gods of the desire realm heavens.

  4. Maha Bodhi Tahtaung - Wikipedia

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    Built in 1995, the Laykyun Sekkya Buddha statue is 116 m (381 ft) high with thirty one floors, referring to the 31 planes of existence or 31 Realms of Life Cycle according to Buddhist literatures. The mural paintings in every floor for each Realm are very interesting and famous.

  5. Plane (esotericism) - Wikipedia

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    The physical plane, physical world, or physical universe, in emanationist metaphysics taught in Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, Hinduism and Theosophy, refers to the visible reality of space and time, energy and matter: the physical universe in occultism and esoteric cosmology is the lowest or densest of a series of planes of existence. [citation ...

  6. Saṃsāra (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist texts describe these realms as follows: [43] [44] God realm : [46] [47] the realm of the gods is the most pleasant among the six realms, and can be subdivided into many planes of existence. [48] A rebirth in this heavenly realm stems from accumulating wholesome karma. [46]

  7. Trāyastriṃśa - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of Buddhism The Trāyastriṃśa ( Sanskrit ; Pali Tāvatiṃsa ) heaven is an important world of the devas in the Buddhist cosmology . The word trāyastriṃśa is an adjective formed from the numeral trayastriṃśat , "33" and can be translated in English as "belonging to the thirty-three [devas]".

  8. Ten realms - Wikipedia

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    The one subsequent hundred worlds are viewed through the lenses of the Ten suchnesses and the three realms of existence (Jpn. san-seken) to formulate three thousand realms of existence. [9] These hundred aspects of existence leads to the concept of "three thousand realms in a single moment (Jap. Ichinen Sanzen)." [10]

  9. Six Paths - Wikipedia

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    The Six Paths [1] in Buddhist cosmology [2] are the six worlds where sentient beings are reincarnated based on their karma, which is linked to their actions in previous lives. These paths are depicted in the Bhavacakra ("wheel of existence"). [3] The six paths are: [4] the world of gods or celestial beings ; the world of warlike demigods