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    Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It consists of a temporal...
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    and moral spheres of many contemporary Buddhist traditions. According to Akira Sadakata, the Buddhist cosmology is far more complex and uses extraordinarily...
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    Saṃsāra (Buddhism) (category Buddhist philosophical concepts)
    Samsara, there is not the slightest difference between the two." Buddhist cosmology typically identifies six realms of rebirth and existence: gods, demi-gods...
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    Mount Meru (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical...
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    Trailokya (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Jainism, as well as early Buddhist texts. The concept of three worlds has a number of different interpretations in Hindu cosmology. Traditionally, the three...
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    Loka (category Buddhist cosmology)
    and the six dimensions or classes of beings in the Bhavachakra. In Buddhist cosmology, Kama-Loka, Rupa-Loka, Arupa-Loka are the realms that are inhabited...
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    Avīci (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Implications of Tantric Buddhist Ritual". Journal of Buddhist Ethics. 14: 238–271. Sadakata, Akira (1997). Buddhist Cosmology: Philosophy and Origins...
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    Jambudvīpa (category Buddhist cosmology)
    most detailed geography is that described in the Vāyu Purāṇa. The Buddhist cosmology divides the bhūmaṇḍala (circle of the earth) into three separate levels:...
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  • Jain, and Buddhist cosmology. Mount Meru or Sumeru may also refer to: Mount Meru (Buddhism), the central world-mountain in Buddhist cosmology Mount Meru...
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    Mount Meru (Buddhism) (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Kangrinboqe or Kailash) is the name of the central world-mountain in Buddhist cosmology. Etymologically, the proper name of the mountain is Meru (Pāli Meru)...
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