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The desire realm is so called because the beings inhabiting it are prey to intense emotion and crave happiness based on the  pleasures of the senses.
[[Image:Mount Meru Continents.jpg|frame|Mount Meru surrounded by the continents and subcontinents, with the gods of the Desire and Form Realms above]]
'''Desire realm''' (Skt. ''kāmadhātu''; Tib. [[འདོད་ཁམས་]], ''dö kham'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'dod khams'') — the first of the [[three realms]]. The desire realm is so called because the beings inhabiting it are prey to intense emotion and crave happiness based on the  pleasures of the senses. The desire realm consists of [[Thirty-six abodes of the desire realm|thirty-six abodes]] where the [[six classes of beings]] live.


==The God Realms==
==Further Reading==
The six heavens of the desire realm are (from lowest to highest):
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''[[Treasury of Precious Qualities]]''
*[[Mipham Rinpoche]], ''[[Gateway to Knowledge]]'', Volume II
*[[Gampopa]], ''[[The Jewel Ornament of Liberation]]''
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé]], ''Myriad Worlds''


 
[[Category:Key Terms]]
===Terrestrial Heavens:===
[[Category:Desire Realm| ]]
 
[[Category:Three Realms of Samsara]]
====Carturmaharajkayika (rgyal chen rigs bzhi) - Four Guardian Kings====
[[Category:Places]]
This is the lowest terrestrial heaven, and is located on the fourth terrace of Mount Sumeru. Vishnu is said to reside here.
 
====Triyestrimsha (sum bcu rtsa gsum) - Heaven of the Thirty-Three====
This is the uppermost terrestrial heaven, and is located on the peak of Mount Sumeru. It contain the city ''Fair to See'', in which Indra is King.
 
 
===Celestial Heavens:===
====Yama ('thab bral) - Free of Combat====
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.
 
====Tushita (dga' ldan) - Joyous Realm====
The Buddha resided here until the time came to take rebirth in the human realm, and demonstrate the twelve deeds of the Supremem 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.
 
====Nirmanratia ('phrul dga') - Enjoying Emanation====
 
====Parinirmitvashavartin (gzhan 'phrul dbang byed) - Controlling Others' Emanations====
This is the most refined state in which one can be reborn within the desire realm. It is said that wicked Mara resides here.

Latest revision as of 08:06, 14 September 2023

Mount Meru surrounded by the continents and subcontinents, with the gods of the Desire and Form Realms above

Desire realm (Skt. kāmadhātu; Tib. འདོད་ཁམས་, dö kham, Wyl. 'dod khams) — the first of the three realms. The desire realm is so called because the beings inhabiting it are prey to intense emotion and crave happiness based on the pleasures of the senses. The desire realm consists of thirty-six abodes where the six classes of beings live.

Further Reading

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