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'''Four attributes of the four continents''' — each of the [[four continents]] belonging to one [[world]] system is endowed with a specific attribute: | '''Four attributes of the four continents''' — each of the [[four continents]] belonging to one [[world]] system is endowed with a specific attribute: | ||
#the jewel mountain (Tib. ''rinpoche riwo'') is the main attribute of | #the jewel mountain (Tib. ''rinpoche riwo'') is the main attribute of [[Purvavideha]] | ||
#the wish-fulfilling tree (Tib. ''pak sam gyi shing'') is the main attribute of [[Jambudvipa]] | #the wish-fulfilling tree (Tib. ''pak sam gyi shing'') is the main attribute of [[Jambudvipa]] | ||
#the wish-fulfilling cows (Tib. ''dö jö ba'') are the main attributes of Aparagodaniya | #the wish-fulfilling cows (Tib. ''dö jö ba'') are the main attributes of [[Aparagodaniya]] | ||
#the harvest which need no sowing (Tib. ''ma mö pé lo tok'') is the main attribute of | #the harvest which need no sowing (Tib. ''ma mö pé lo tok'') is the main attribute of [[Uttarakuru]] | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:38, 7 September 2023
Four attributes of the four continents — each of the four continents belonging to one world system is endowed with a specific attribute:
- the jewel mountain (Tib. rinpoche riwo) is the main attribute of Purvavideha
- the wish-fulfilling tree (Tib. pak sam gyi shing) is the main attribute of Jambudvipa
- the wish-fulfilling cows (Tib. dö jö ba) are the main attributes of Aparagodaniya
- the harvest which need no sowing (Tib. ma mö pé lo tok) is the main attribute of Uttarakuru
Alternative Translations
- the mountain of jewels/precious gems, the precious mountain
- the grove of wish-fulfilling trees
- the bountiful cow, the herd of wish-fulfilling cows, the inexhaustible bountiful cow
- the spontaneous harvest, the self-ripening crops, the harvest which grows without cultivation
Further Reading
- Jamgön Kongtrul, Myriad Worlds (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 110-113.