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འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་པོ། | Glossary of Terms
འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་པོ།
’jig rten gsum po
bhuvanatraya
- Term
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- Three abodes
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་པོ།
- ’jig rten gsum po
- bhuvanatraya
The three realms of existence, namely the desire, the form, and the formless.
- Three worlds
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ།
- ’jig rten gsum
- trailokya
The desire realm, form realm, and formless realm. Also referred to as the “three realms” (khams gsum).
- Threefold universe
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ།
- ’jig rten gsum
- traidhātuka
- trailokya
The threefold universe is comprised of the realms of desire, form, and formlessness.
- Threefold world
- འཇིག་རྟེན་གསུམ་པོ།
- ’jig rten gsum po
- —
The desire, form, and formless realms, which together comprise the cycle of existence.