Difference between revisions of "Six heavens of the desire realm"
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Skt. [[Caturmahārājakāyika]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི་]]}}, [[Gyalchen Rikshyi]]; Wyl. [[rgyal chen rigs bzhi]] | Skt. [[Caturmahārājakāyika]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི་]]}}, [[Gyalchen Rikshyi]]; Wyl. [[rgyal chen rigs bzhi]] | ||
| − | The [[Four Great Kings]], along with their retinues, reside upon the fourth terrace of Mount [[Sumeru]]. Upon the lower terraces [[live]], in descending [[order]], the [[gods]] of the Ever-Ecstatic, Garland-Bearers, and Vessel-Bearers. The crests of the seven mountain ranges, the {{Wiki|sun}}, the {{Wiki|moon}}, and all the stars also belong to the abodes of the [[Four Great Kings]]. | + | The [[Four Great Kings]], along with their {{Wiki|retinues}}, reside upon the fourth terrace of Mount [[Sumeru]]. Upon the lower terraces [[live]], in descending [[order]], the [[gods]] of the Ever-Ecstatic, Garland-Bearers, and Vessel-Bearers. The crests of the [[seven mountain ranges]], the {{Wiki|sun}}, the {{Wiki|moon}}, and all the stars also belong to the [[abodes]] of the [[Four Great Kings]]. |
It is said that [[Vishnu]] resides in this [[realm]]. | It is said that [[Vishnu]] resides in this [[realm]]. | ||
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Skt. [[Tushita]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དགའ་ལྡན]]་}}, [[Ganden]] ; Wyl. [[dga' ldan]] | Skt. [[Tushita]]; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དགའ་ལྡན]]་}}, [[Ganden]] ; Wyl. [[dga' ldan]] | ||
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| − | The [[Buddha]] resided here until the [[time]] came to take [[Rebirth]] in the [[Human realm]], and demonstrate the twelve [[deeds]] of the [[supreme]] [[nirmanakaya]]. Before passing from [[Tushita]] he prophisied the [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]]'s [[Enlightenment]] as The [[Buddha]] to follow him, and placed his crown on [[Maitreya]]'s {{Wiki|head}}, making him his regent. [[Maitreya]] will abide here until the [[time]] has come for him to demonstrate the twelve [[deeds]]. | + | The [[Buddha]] resided here until the [[time]] came to take [[Rebirth]] in the [[Human realm]], and demonstrate the twelve [[deeds]] of the [[supreme]] [[nirmanakaya]]. Before passing from [[Tushita]] he prophisied the [[Bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]]'s [[Enlightenment]] as The [[Buddha]] to follow him, and placed his {{Wiki|crown}} on [[Maitreya]]'s {{Wiki|head}}, making him his regent. [[Maitreya]] will abide here until the [[time]] has come for him to demonstrate the twelve [[deeds]]. |
Later, The [[Buddha]] returned to give teachings to his mother, who had been [[reborn]] here after giving [[birth]] to him. | Later, The [[Buddha]] returned to give teachings to his mother, who had been [[reborn]] here after giving [[birth]] to him. | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 23 December 2013
The six heavens of the Desire realm are (from lowest to highest):
Terrestrial Heavens
Heaven of the Four Great Kings
Skt. Caturmahārājakāyika; Tib. རྒྱལ་ཆེན་རིགས་བཞི་, Gyalchen Rikshyi; Wyl. rgyal chen rigs bzhi
The Four Great Kings, along with their retinues, reside upon the fourth terrace of Mount Sumeru. Upon the lower terraces live, in descending order, the gods of the Ever-Ecstatic, Garland-Bearers, and Vessel-Bearers. The crests of the seven mountain ranges, the sun, the moon, and all the stars also belong to the abodes of the Four Great Kings.
It is said that Vishnu resides in this realm.
Fifty human years equal one day in this realm.
Heaven of the Thirty-Three
Skt. Trāyastriṃśa; Tib. སུམ་ཅུ་རྩ་གསུམ་, Sumchu Tsasum; Wyl. sum cu rtsa gsum
This is the uppermost terrestrial Heaven, and is located on the peak of Mount Sumeru.
It contains the city Fair to See, in which Indra is King.
A hundred human years equal one day in this realm.
Celestial Heavens
Free of Combat
Skt. Yāma; Tib. འཐབ་བྲལ་, Tabdral; Wyl. 'thab bral
This is the first celestial Heaven. It is located in the space above Mount Sumeru and, as such, it is no longer subject to the attacks of the demi-gods.
Two hundred human years equal one day in this realm.
Joyous Realm
Skt. Tushita; Tib. དགའ་ལྡན་, Ganden ; Wyl. dga' ldan
The Buddha resided here until the time came to take Rebirth in the Human realm, and demonstrate the twelve deeds of the supreme nirmanakaya. Before passing from Tushita he prophisied the Bodhisattva Maitreya's Enlightenment as The Buddha to follow him, and placed his crown on Maitreya's head, making him his regent. Maitreya will abide here until the time has come for him to demonstrate the twelve deeds.
Later, The Buddha returned to give teachings to his mother, who had been reborn here after giving birth to him.
It is said that wicked Mara also resides in this Heaven.
Four hundred human years equal one day in this realm.
Enjoying Emanation
Skt. Nirmāṇarataya; Tib. འཕྲུལ་དགའ་Trulga; Wyl. 'phrul dgas in this realm create and enjoy their own objects of pleasure.
Eight hundred human years equal one day in this realm.
Controlling Others' Emanations
Skt. Parinirmitvashavartin; Tib. གཞན་འཕྲུལ་དབང་བྱེད་, Shyentrul Wang Jé; Wyl. gzhan 'phrul dbang byed
This is the most refined state in which one can be reborn within the Desire realm. Gods in this realm enjoy pleasures created magically by other gods.
Sixteen hundred human years equal one day in this realm.
