10 Worlds
10 Worlds
100
A world charaterized by overwhelming desires and the suffering that comes from those desires going unfullfilled.
What is the world of hunger?
100
someone who is enlightened to the law of cause and effect; one who is awakened to the reality that the source and foundation of their life is the mystic law of cause and effect
What is Buddhahood?
200
A condition of composure and tranquillity where one is able to distinguish right from wrong.
What is the World of Human Beings or Humanity?
200
partially awakened through hearing the Buddha's teachings; a state of being inquisitive, intellectual and creative, but this state can only be characterized by complacency and not being fully awakened to the needs of others
What is the World of Voice-Hearers or Learning?
300
the basest human condition in which one is fettered by agony and completely lacking in freedom.
What is the world of hell?
300
A world based on instinct or impulse where one is unable to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. It is threating the weak and fearing the strong.
What is the world of animals or animality?
400
a state where one achieves an understanding of the world through their connection with or observation of various phenomena. They are awakened to the truth that everything changes with the passage of time.
What is the World of Cause-Awakened Ones or Realization?
400
a state where one regards the Buddha as their teacher and aims to realize the same supreme enlightenment
What is the World of Boddhisattvas?
500
a condition in which one experiences the joy of having one's desires fullfilled.
What is the world of heavenly beings/rapture?
500
a tendency to compare oneself to others and a preoccupation with surpassing others. It's when one sees themself as superior to others and becomes consumed with arrogance and contempt.
What is the world of Asura/Anger?
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