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[[Image:Human_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the human realm from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]] | |||
'''Human beings''' (Tib. & Wyl. ''mi'') are only one of the [[six classes of beings]] according to Buddhism. Humans dwell on either of the [[four continents]] that surround [[Mount Meru]], such as our world of [[Jambudvipa]], and on their respective two [[eight subcontinents|subcontinents]]. Beings on each of these four continents remain unseen from each other and have slightly different physical characteristics and life-spans. | '''Human beings''' (Tib. & Wyl. ''mi'') are only one of the [[six classes of beings]] according to Buddhism. Humans dwell on either of the [[four continents]] that surround [[Mount Meru]], such as our world of [[Jambudvipa]], and on their respective two [[eight subcontinents|subcontinents]]. Beings on each of these four continents remain unseen from each other and have slightly different physical characteristics and life-spans. | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 29 May 2009
Human beings (Tib. & Wyl. mi) are only one of the six classes of beings according to Buddhism. Humans dwell on either of the four continents that surround Mount Meru, such as our world of Jambudvipa, and on their respective two subcontinents. Beings on each of these four continents remain unseen from each other and have slightly different physical characteristics and life-spans.