Difference between revisions of "Birth by transformation"
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
| − | ‘[[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]].” | + | [[BIRTH BY TRANSFORMATION]] ‘[[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 | [[Chan]]: 475 | ||
Latest revision as of 13:55, 12 November 2020
BIRTH BY TRANSFORMATION ‘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.
