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[[Image:Animal_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the animal realm from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]] | [[Image:Animal_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the animal realm from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]] | ||
'''Animal realm''' (Skt. ''tiryak''; Tib. དུད་འགྲོ་,''dündro'' | '''Animal realm''' (Skt. ''tiryak''; Tib. དུད་འགྲོ་,''dündro'', [[Wyl.]] ''dud 'gro'') — the realms of the animals among the [[six classes of beings]]. Animals either inhabit the great oceans ('animals living in the depths'), or live mostly on the earth, in water, in trees, in the realms of the [[gods]] or [[human beings|humans]] ('scattered animals'). | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 76-78. | |||
[[Category:Animal Realm]] | [[Category:Animal Realm]] | ||
[[Category:Three Realms of Samsara]] | [[Category:Three Realms of Samsara]] | ||
Revision as of 11:09, 1 December 2021
Animal realm (Skt. tiryak; Tib. དུད་འགྲོ་,dündro, Wyl. dud 'gro) — the realms of the animals among the six classes of beings. Animals either inhabit the great oceans ('animals living in the depths'), or live mostly on the earth, in water, in trees, in the realms of the gods or humans ('scattered animals').
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 76-78.