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'''Form realm''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gzugs khams'') | [[Image:Mount Meru Continents.jpg|frame|Mount Meru surrounded by the continents and subcontinents, with the gods of the Desire and Form Realms above]]'''Form realm''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gzugs khams'') | ||
==Seventeen Heavens of the Form Realm (''gzugs khams gnas ri bcu bdun'')== | ==Seventeen Heavens of the Form Realm (''gzugs khams gnas ri bcu bdun'')== | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 27 August 2007
Form realm (Wyl. gzugs khams)
Seventeen Heavens of the Form Realm (gzugs khams gnas ri bcu bdun)
Five Pure Heavens (gtsang gnas lnga)
- Akanishtha/Unexcelled (‘og min)
- Extreme Insight/Great Vision (shin tu mthong)
- Perfect Appearance/The Marvellous (gya nom snang ba)
- The Painless/Without Distress (mi gdung pa)
- The Slightest/Not So Great (mi che ba)
Fourth Dhyana (bsam gtan bzhi pa)
- Great Fruition (‘bras bu che)
- Increasing Merit (bsod nams ‘phel)
- Cloudless (sprin med)
Third Dhyana (bsam gtan gsum pa)
- Most Extensive Virtue (dge rgyas)
- Immeasurable Virtue (tshad med dge)
- Lesser Virtue (dge chung)
Second Dhyana (bsam gtan gnyis pa)
- Clear Radiance (‘od gsal)
- Immeasurable Radiance (tshad med ‘od)
- Lesser Radiance (‘od chung)
First Dhyana (bsam gtan dang po)
- Great Brahma (tshangs pa chen po)
- Priests of Brahma (tshangs pa mdun na ‘don)
- Heaven of Brahma (tshangs ris)