Desire realm

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

Desire realm (Skt. kāmadhātu; Tib. 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.

Sources

• 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