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The '''universal golden basis''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gser gyi sa gzhi'') is, according to the ''[[Abhidharma]]'' literature, the base of the world on which rests [[Mount Meru]]. | The '''universal golden basis''' (Tib. གསེར་གྱི་ས་གཞི་, ''ser gyi sa shyi''; [[Wyl.]] ''gser gyi sa gzhi'') is, according to the ''[[Abhidharma]]'' literature, the base of the world on which rests [[Mount Meru]]. | ||
==Alternative Terms/Translations== | |||
*Golden disc, or foundation (Wyl. ''gser gyi dkyil 'khor'') | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''Myriad Worlds'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 109-110, ISBN 978-1559391887 | |||
[[Category:Cosmology]] | [[Category:Cosmology]] | ||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:52, 3 January 2018
The universal golden basis (Tib. གསེར་གྱི་ས་གཞི་, ser gyi sa shyi; Wyl. gser gyi sa gzhi) is, according to the Abhidharma literature, the base of the world on which rests Mount Meru.
Alternative Terms/Translations
- Golden disc, or foundation (Wyl. gser gyi dkyil 'khor)
Further Reading
- Jamgön Kongtrul, Myriad Worlds (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 109-110, ISBN 978-1559391887