84000 Glossary of Terms

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ས་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ས་གསུམ།

  • sa gsum
  • Term
Publications: 4
  • three realms of existence
  • ས་གསུམ།
  • sa gsum
Definition in this text:

This can refer to the underworlds, the earth, and the heavens, or it can be synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness.

  • three realms of existence
  • ས་གསུམ།
  • sa gsum
Definition in this text:

This can refer to the underworlds, the earth, and the heavens, or it can be synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness.

  • three realms of existence
  • ས་གསུམ།
  • sa gsum
Definition in this text:

This can refer to the underworlds, the earth, and the heavens, or it can be synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness.

  • three realms of existence
  • ས་གསུམ།
  • sa gsum
Definition in this text:

This can refer to the underworlds, the earth, and the heavens, or it can be synonymous with the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness.

1 Related glossary entries:

སྲིད་པ་གསུམ།

  • tribhava
  • tribhuvana
  • three existences
  • three forms of existence
  • three planes of existence
  • three realms of existence
  • three worlds
  • threefold existence
  • threefold realm