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'''Saha world''' (Skt. ''sahāloka''; [[Wyl.]] ''mi 'jed 'jig rten'') — the [[trichiliocosm]] where the present Buddha [[Shakyamuni]] has manifested. [[Khenpo Ngakchung]] writes: "the one thousand million-fold Saha world, is called the “world of no fear” not because it is very good. Rather, it is so called for its great evil. [[Sentient beings]] here are not afraid of [[desire]], they are not frightened by [[anger]] and they have no fear of [[ignorance]], which is why it is called the realm of the Saha world."<ref>Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 5.</ref> | '''Saha world''' (Skt. ''sahāloka''; Tib. མི་འཇེད་འཇིག་རྟེན་, [[Wyl.]] ''mi 'jed 'jig rten'') — the [[trichiliocosm]] where the present Buddha [[Shakyamuni]] has manifested. [[Khenpo Ngakchung]] writes: "the one thousand million-fold Saha world, is called the “world of no fear” not because it is very good. Rather, it is so called for its great evil. [[Sentient beings]] here are not afraid of [[desire]], they are not frightened by [[anger]] and they have no fear of [[ignorance]], which is why it is called the realm of the Saha world."<ref>Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 5.</ref> | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:32, 14 June 2018
Saha world (Skt. sahāloka; Tib. མི་འཇེད་འཇིག་རྟེན་, Wyl. mi 'jed 'jig rten) — the trichiliocosm where the present Buddha Shakyamuni has manifested. Khenpo Ngakchung writes: "the one thousand million-fold Saha world, is called the “world of no fear” not because it is very good. Rather, it is so called for its great evil. Sentient beings here are not afraid of desire, they are not frightened by anger and they have no fear of ignorance, which is why it is called the realm of the Saha world."[1]
Alternative Translations
- world of patient endurance
Notes
- ↑ Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), page 5.