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| + | ‘[[Birth by transformation]]’: This refers to metamorphic births,such as those of [[devas]] ([[gods]]), [[asuras]], [[hungry ghosts]], and inhabitants of [[hell]], the [[bardo]], and the [[Pure Lands]].” | ||
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| + | [[Chan]]: 475 | ||
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| + | “When a being is suddenly born with all the [[sense-organs]] and limbs of a complete [[body]], without depending on anything such as an egg or a [[womb]], he is said to be [[born by transformation]], or born ethereally. All [[hell-dwellers]], [[devas]], and [[beings]] in the [[Bardo]] and the [[Pure Lands]]; some [[dragons]], [[garudas]], and [[hungry ghosts]]; and [[humans]] born at the very beginning of a [[kalpa]] are born in this manner.” | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 12 November 2020
‘Birth by transformation’: This refers to metamorphic births,such as those of devas (gods), asuras, hungry ghosts, and inhabitants of hell, the bardo, and the Pure Lands.”
Chan: 475
“When a being is suddenly born with all the sense-organs and limbs of a complete body, without depending on anything such as an egg or a womb, he is said to be born by transformation, or born ethereally. All hell-dwellers, devas, and beings in the Bardo and the Pure Lands; some dragons, garudas, and hungry ghosts; and humans born at the very beginning of a kalpa are born in this manner.”
birth by transformation (Sanskrit: Upapaduka; Pali: Opapatika; Chinese: 化生; Standard Tibetan: Rzus-skyes)—miraculous materialization, as with most devas.
