བ་ལཱི།

84000 Glossary of Terms

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ba lI

Bali

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Publications: 8

Translated as:

Bali

The White Lotus of the Good Dharma

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts

Bali

སྟོབས་ཅན།

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Bali

Bali wrested control of the world from the devas, establishing a period of peace and prosperity with no caste distinction. Indra requested Viṣṇu to use his wiles so that the devas could gain the world back from him. He appeared as a dwarf asking for two steps of ground, was offered three and then traversed the world in two steps. Bali, keeping faithful to his promise, accepted the banishment of the asuras into the underworld. A great Bali festival in his honor is held annually in southern India. In The Basket Display (Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra, Toh 116), he is described as abusing his power by imprisoning the kṣatriyas, so that Viṣṇu has just cause to banish him to the underworld.

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The Basket’s Display

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts

Bali

གཏོར་མ།

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Bali

Bali wrested control of the world from the devas, establishing a period of peace and prosperity with no caste distinction. Indra requested Viṣṇu to use his wiles so that the devas could gain the world back from him. He appeared as a dwarf asking for two steps of ground, was offered three, and then traversed the world in two steps. Bali, keeping faithful to his promise, accepted the banishment of the asuras into the underworld. A great festival is held in Bali’s honor annually in South India. In the Kāraṇḍavyūha, he abuses his power by imprisoning the kṣatriyas, so that Viṣṇu has cause to banish him to the underworld.

18 passages contain this term

The Perfection of Generosity

Translation by Benjamin Collet-Cassart

Bali

སྟོབས་ཅན།

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Bali

A ruler of the asuras.

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The Sovereign Ritual of Amoghapāśa

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