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	The Saha World - The Six Spiritual Realms of Good and Evil
		It is the realm in which ordinary human existence is said to wander through the countless cycles of Life and Death from the lowest hell (Avici - the unrelenting Hell) to the highest heaven (Akanistha - the ultimate peak of Heaven).
		There are really more than six spiritual realms, but six serves as a good number to divide them and analyze and understand the the nature of the spiritual realm.
		Rather than viewing these six spiritual realms as six discrete worlds, it would be more precise to view the spiritual realm as a vortex, vertically as a spectrum and horizontally as a wheel.
	www.tientai.net /teachings/dharma/6realms/fa2.htm (1063 words)

	Six lower realms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In traditional Mahayana Buddhist cosmology, the six lower realms are six of the ten spiritual realms; these six realms compose the region known as samsara.
		The Deva realm is the realm of bliss and pride.
		The Human realm (also known as the Manushyas realm) is based on passion, desire, and doubt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Six_lower_realms (681 words)

	Ten spiritual realms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ten spiritual realms are part of Buddhist cosmology and consist of four higher realms and six lower realms.
		This realm is characterized by not being able to feel negative emotions and being significantly less vulnerable to external influences than the lower realms.
		This realm is characterized by not being shifted (at least for any considerable length of time) into lower realms due to external sources, and the non-reliance on external sources for happiness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ten_spiritual_realms (829 words)

	Six lower realms - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In traditional Buddhist cosmology, the six lower realms are six of the ten spiritual realms; these six realms compose samsara.
		Human realm (also manushyas realm) is based on passion, desire, and doubt.
		It is seen as one of the more conducive realms to achieving enlightenment because of the possibilities that it offers.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Animal_realm (671 words)

	Japanese Buddhism Photo Dictionary - Six States of Existence (Samsara; Sanskrit)
		Realm of Formlessness, the Bodiless Realm (Skt: Arupaloka, Arupadhatu).
		According to Buddhist thought, all living beings are caught in an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth into one of the "six realms" being reborn up or down the scale according to the extent or lack of one's purity and good deeds in the previous existence.
		Groupings of six Jizo Bosatsu statues are quite common in Japan, one for each of the six realms.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/six-states.shtml (2536 words)

	Fundamentals of Buddhism: Rebirth
		The sixth realm, the realm of the gods (Devas) is the happiest amongst the six realms.
		Birth in the three lower realms is undesirable for obvious reasons, because of the intense suffering and because of the total ignorance of the beings who inhabit these realms.
		The human realm (Manushya) is the most favoured of the six realms because as a human being one has the motivation and the opportunity to practise the Dharma and to achieve enlightenment.
	www.buddhanet.net /funbud10.htm (3603 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The Six Enneads by Plotinus
		Thus it is that, entering this realm, it possesses still the vision inherent to that superior phase in virtue of which it unchangingly maintains its integral nature.
		In fine all diversity of condition in the lower spheres is determined by the descendent beings themselves.
		All the souls, then, shine down upon the heavens and spend there the main of themselves and the best; only their lower phases illuminate the lower realms; and those souls which descend deepest show their light furthest down- not themselves the better for the depth to which they have penetrated.
	classics.mit.edu /Plotinus/enneads.4.fourth.html (5840 words)

	The Six Bardos by Kalu Rinpoche
		hese six kinds of bardo that we experience as human or sentient beings in samsara can be changed for the better, but the power to do this lies in the waking state.
		The 3 upper realms are: endless and varying realms of all kind of gods, human-like beings, Demons (Asuras), the 3 lower realms are: endless and varying realms of magical and physical animals, ghosts (Pretas) and hell beings.
		Each and every being in the six realms of existence has what is called 'Tathagatagarbha', the 'Seed of Enlightenment', which is fundamental awareness of the ultimate nature of mind.
	www.iol.ie /~taeger/bardotea/bardotea.html (3581 words)

	Six Buddhist Realms of Existence - Buddhism
		In Buddhism there are six realms of samsaric existence that beings are born into.
		Pride results in being born into the God realm, jealousy results in being born in the Asuras realm, greed results in being born into the Preta realm, ignorance results in being born into the animal realm and anger results in being born into one of the hell realms.
		The second highest realm of existence called the Demi-god realm; the realm of Titans, Asuras or the jealous god realm is marked with jealousy and paranoia.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art34036.asp (876 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The only realm with the possibility to achieve a positive spiritual development is the realm of humans.
		In the miserable realms the sufferings are too intense or the mind is too dim.
		Beings of the realms of the demi-gods and gods live in such good conditions that they are not interested in working with the mind.
	www.owen.bc.ca /Buddhism/realms_of_samsara.htm (226 words)

	A Basic Buddhism Guide: Introduction to Buddhism
		The hell realm is characterised by acute aggression.
		As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back into the lower realms and begin the whole process over and over; from god realm to jealous god realm to animal realm to hungry ghost realm to hell realm.
		The human realm is the only one in which liberation from the six states of existence is possible.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/intro_bud.htm (2582 words)

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		The three lower realms are undesirable for obvious reasons--both because of the intense suffering in them and because of the total ignorance of the beings who inhabit these realms.
		The human realm is the most favored of the six realms because, as a human being, one has the motivation and opportunity to practice the Dharma and achieve enlightenment.
		The pleasure and happiness experienced in the human realm are not as great as the pleasure and intense happiness experienced by beings in the heavens, nor are humans overwhelmed by the unbearable suffering that beings in the hells undergo.
	www.ecst.csuchico.edu /~dsantina/tree/ch9.txt (3378 words)

	Mystery of the Soul
		The psychonaut is familiar with the many phases of the bardo that leads to one of the "six realms," or to liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.
		The various heavens and hells (realms of joy and suffering) which the human soul sojourns and dwells are to be found in the Mental and Astral regions.
		After a lengthy stay in the astral or lower mental heavens, and when one is about ready to reincarnate through karmic necessity or choice, one first goes to the causal realms for a brief sojourn.
	www.indotalisman.com /death.html (20455 words)

	KTD--The Four Noble Truths-- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Those who suffer are the beings of the six realms, which are the six possible ways of experiencing samsara (the cycle of rebirth, existence unliberated from suffering).
		Finally, they foresee the pain of their next rebirth in the lower realms, which they are bound to experience because their positive karma has been used up.
		The negative karma caused by the defilements is the origin of the sufferings of the six realms.
	www.kagyu.org /buddhism/int/int04.html (1435 words)

	Six lower realms Details, Meaning Six lower realms Article and Explanation Guide
		The Six lower realms are six out of ten spiritual realms, these six realms compose samsara.
		It must be noted that beings in this realm are refered to as gods, but have nothing in common with the monotheistic concept of god.
		First, beings in this realm are not there permanently, they stay there until their negative karma is used up, and then they move to another realm.
	www.e-paranoids.com /s/si/six_lower_realms.html (635 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Sokushin-jobutsu-gi
		The essential substance of the universe, according to Kukai, is the six elements (六大 rokudai, six mahabhutas), viz., earth, water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness.
		Kukai's view of the universe is that the six elements are its essence and are identical with the Dharmakaya Buddha Mahavairocana.
		The body thus made of the six elements which are the essential substance of Dharmadhatu, is unhindered and unobstructed, (with the elements) mutually penetrating and harmonizing with each other, everlasting and immutable, and equally dwelling in Reality-End (bhutakoti).
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=1171 (6527 words)

	Wheel of Life
		That is, birth in the higher realms was the result of a preponderance of virtuous actions, while the lower realms were the destiny of those who amassed harmful karma.
		The Animal Realm also includes wild creatures of course, but as their numbers dwindle and as humans dwelling in cities are cut off from contact with nature, this aspect plays an increasingly minor role in human psychology.
		As in the other five realms, numerous types and sub-types exist, but the one which I see most commonly these days is due to the effects of long-term drug use, the person incapable of finding contentment.
	quietmountain.org /dharmacenters/buddhadendo/wheel_of_life.htm (1255 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Aristotle
		They form, in fact, the first attempt to reduce logic to a science, and consequently entitle their writer to be considered the founder of logic.
		Virtue is the perfection of reason, and is naturally twofold, according as we consider reason in relation to the lower powers (moral virtue) or in relation to itself (intellectual, or theoretical, virtue).
		Suffice it to say that, taken as a system of knowledge, it is scientific rather than metaphysical; its starting-point is observation rather than intuition; and its aim, to find the ultimate cause of things rather than to determine the value (ethical or aesthetic) of things.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01713a.htm (5735 words)

	MANDALA TANGHKA: The Wheel of Life in Buddhist Teachings
		The six realms are represented within the spokes of the wheel.
		The hell realm, in the lower part of the wheel is characterized by the extreme suffering of the various hot and cold hells.
		The hunger ghost or preta realm in the lower left is characterized by craving and enormous hunger.
	www.1000ventures.com /business_guide/crosscuttings/life_wheel_buddhism-mandala.html (443 words)

	MEREDITH G. KLINE STRIKES BACK, PART 2
		He asserts that the six days "are not identifiable in terms of solar days, but relate to the history of creation at the upper register of the cosmos" (p.
		If the six work days of Genesis 1 are not "lower realm" earthly days, then they don't have much relevance to the life of mankind.
		And again, it is precisely the "lower realm earth" that God is manipulating in Genesis 1.
	reformed-theology.org /ice/newslet/bc/bc.97.03.htm (3023 words)

	Dharma Realm & Realms of Rebirth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		These ten realms do not appear to be discrete in their forms, as their existence is virtually determined by the state of mind.
		These six states of existence are subjected to birth and death, and then rebirth for many lives.
		This is one of the three lower realms of existence (the other two are the Animal Realm and Hell).
	web.singnet.com.sg /~alankhoo/DharmaRealm.htm (3231 words)

	GlossaryA of Meditation and Buddhist Terms - Meditation in Action - Nyingje Companions-
		The 'highest;' the realm of Vajradhara, the enlightened sphere the dharmakaya buddha.
		Asuras populate one of the six lower realms of samsara.
		These are the six sensory objects of sight, sound, smell, taste, and body sensation; the six sense faculties, the visual sensory faculty, the auditory sensory faculty, etc., and the six sensory consciousnesses, the visual consciousness, the auditory consciousness, etc. They make up the eighteen constituents for perception.
	www.hrih.info /glossary.html (2787 words)

	Buddhism Overview \| The Six Realms
		The hell realm is characterized by acute aggression.
		As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back into the lower realms and begin the whole process over and over; from god realm to jealous god realm to animal realm to hungry ghost realm to hell realm.
		The human realm is the only one in which liberation from the six states of existence is possible.
	www.tibetanlama.com /buddhism/The_Six_Realms.asp (780 words)

	Rebirth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are six realms in which one may be reborn after death.
		Of all the six realms, the realm of human beings is considered the most desirable.
		Beacuse of the force of their karma, people are born and reborn endlessly, in one realm of existence or in another.
	home.iirt.net /~sitthi/rebirth.html (1634 words)

	cyberkaya - Ngaka'chang - The Six Realms
		The six realms are six versions of the five cyclic elemental neuroses.
		The way that one moves between the realms is always through struggling, which means manipulating or trying to control; or relaxing and accepting the situation, actually giving the situation space.
		These realms are a lot easier to understand when you view them in terms of acceleration and deceleration.
	www.serve.com /cyberkaya/ngakrealms1.htm (3450 words)

	Keys to Great Enlightment
		But we should visualize them all in the form of human beings who are experiencing internally the respective suffering of the particular realm they belong to, like the hell realm, etc. That is how we should imagine them--all undergoing the most unbearable suffering of their particular place but externally in the form of human beings.
		The first three realms are referred to as the lower realms and the last three, the upper realms.
		The more deeply we think about the individual suffering of the six realms and their causes, the stronger will be our compassion.
	www.angelfire.com /rings/prasangika/KeysToGr.htm (10298 words)

	Simhanada --- Meditations on the Four Thoughts --Lama Norlha Rinpoche (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is therefore important for us to think about the great sufferings of the three lower realms: the hell and hungry ghost realms that we cannot perceive; and the animal realm, of which we see only a part, and not even the part with the greatest suffering.
		In their realm, the Asuras continually fight with the gods; they are embroiled in jealousy and constantly suffer the pains of making war.
		You need to bathe away the suffering of the lower realms by means of compassion." You then pray, "I have been wandering in samsara for a very long time.
	www.simhas.org /teaching8.html (3376 words)

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