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འདོད་པའི་ཁམས། | Glossary of Terms
འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
’dod pa’i khams
kāmadhātu
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In Buddhist cosmology, this is our own realm, the lowest and most coarse of the three realms of saṃsāra. It is called this because beings here are characterized by their strong longing for and attachment to the pleasures of the senses. The desire realm includes hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, asuras, and the lowest six heavens of the gods—from the Heaven of the Four Great Kings (Cāturmahārājika) up to the Heaven of Making Use of Others’ Emanations (Paranirmitavaśavartin). Located above the desire realm is the form realm (rūpadhātu) and the formless realm (ārūpyadhātu).
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, characterized by a prevalence of desire.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, it is comprised of the traditional six realms of saṃsāra, from the hell realm to the realm of the gods, including the human realm. Rebirth in this realm is characterized by intense cravings via the five senses and their objects.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra (the other two being the form and formless realms).
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, characterized by the prevalence of sense desire.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
In Buddhist cosmology, our sphere of existence where beings are driven primarily by the urge for sense gratification and attachment to material substance. See also “three realms.”
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
In Buddhist cosmology, this is our own realm, the lowest and most coarse of the three realms of saṃsāra. It is called this because beings here are characterized by their strong longing and attachment to the pleasures of the senses. The desire realm includes hell beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, asuras, and the lowest heavens of the gods. Located above the desire realm is the form realm and formless realm.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
In Buddhist cosmology, it is our sphere of existence where beings are driven primarily by the urge for sense gratification.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kamadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, characterized by a prevalence of desire.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kamadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, it is comprised of the traditional six realms of saṃsāra, from the hell realm to the realm of the gods, including the human realm. Rebirth in this realm is characterized by intense cravings via the five senses and their objects.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kamadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, characterized by a prevalence of desire.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, characterized by a prevalence of desire.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
In Buddhist cosmology, it is our sphere of existence where beings are driven primarily by the urge for sense gratification.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
- kāmaloka
In Buddhist cosmology, our sphere of existence where beings are driven primarily by the urge for sense gratification and attachment to material substance. It is one of the three basic divisions of the realms of existence that constitute saṃsāra. The other two are the form realm and the formless realm. See Gethin 1998, 116–18.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three spheres of existence, it comprises the traditional six realms of saṃsāra up to and including the desire realm gods—including the human realm. Rebirth in this realm is characterized by intense cravings via the five senses and their objects.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, it is comprised of the traditional six realms of saṃsāra, from the hell realm to the realm of the gods, including the human realm. Rebirth in this realm is characterized by intense cravings via the five senses and their objects.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
One of the three realms of saṃsāra, it is traditionally comprised of six realms of its own, from the hell realm to the realm of the gods, including the human realm. Rebirth in this realm is characterized by intense cravings via the five senses and their objects.
- Desire realm
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
- Realm of desire
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
The worlds where beings are reborn through their karma, from the hells up to the Paranirmitavaśavartin paradise.
- Realm of desire
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu
This realm is composed of the six classes of existence: hell beings, pretas, animals, humans, asuras, and devas. These are all existences where a being is reborn through karma. In the two higher realms beings are reborn there through the power of their meditation.
- Realm of desire
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kamadhātu
Of the three realms of existence, the realm whose beings are tormented by desire and attachment to material substance.
- Realm of desire
- འདོད་ཁམས།
- ’dod khams
- kāmadhātu
- World system of desire
- འདོད་པའི་ཁམས།
- ’dod pa’i khams
- kāmadhātu