84000 Glossary of Terms

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གནས་གཙང་མའི་རིས་ཀྱི་ལྷ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གནས་གཙང་མའི་རིས་ཀྱི་ལྷ།

  • gnas gtsang ma’i ris kyi lha
  • śuddhāvāsa­kāyika
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • Śuddhāvāsa gods
  • གནས་གཙང་མའི་རིས་ཀྱི་ལྷ།
  • gnas gtsang ma’i ris kyi lha
  • śuddhāvāsa­kāyika
Definition in this text:

The gods who live in Śuddhāvāsa heavens, the five “pure abodes” that form the highest realms that constitute the realm of subtle form (rūpadhātu) and which comprise the fourth of the meditative concentrations (dhyāna).

1 Related glossary entries:

གཙང་རིས།

  • śuddhanivāsa
  • śuddhāvāsa
  • śuddhāvāsa­kāyika
  • śuddhāvāsika
  • class of pure abodes
  • Heaven of Pure Abode
  • Pure Abode
  • pure abodes
  • Pure Land
  • pure realm
  • pure realms
  • Realm of the Pure Abode
  • Śuddhāvāsa
  • Śuddhāvāsa realm
  • Śuddhāvāsa realms