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[[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''' ([[Wyl.]] '' 'dod 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]]'''Desire realm''' (Tib. ''dö kham''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'dod khams''; Skt. ''kāmadhātu'') — 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. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
* ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' | *[[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'' | |||
Revision as of 19:01, 26 May 2009
Desire realm (Tib. dö kham; Wyl. 'dod khams; Skt. kāmadhātu) — 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.