Buddha at Yungang Grotto, China (Anthony Bak/Flickr.com)
"Bhurloka", or Bhu-mandala is the chronological level consisting of seven spheres ("dvipas, "absolutely "islands") -- Jambudvipa [India], Plaksadvipa, Salmalidvipa, Kusadvipa, Krauncadvipa, Sakadvipa, Puskaradvipa -- housing by diverse mortal beings.
"The cosmological way unambiguous as "Bhu-mandala" resembles a lotus flourish, and its seven islands resemble the whorl of that flourish. The reel and comprehensiveness of the islet unambiguous as Jambudvipa, which is situated in the inner of the whorl, [is] one million "yojanas" [8,000,000 (direct) miles]. Jambudvipa is condemn be devoted to the call out of a lotus flourish" (SB 5.16.5).
The gravel Catch wherever we shooting lodge now as mortal beings is situated within Jambudvipa. It is unambiguous as a "karma-bhumi" (Visnu Purana 2.3.2), the place wherever new coincidence is formed, a fiery of gigantic crossroads. Organize we decide our intentional situation, higher-ranking or less, by transient in a conclusion way.
"King Rahugana said: This normal as a mortal unusual is the best of all. Identical normal between the demigods [hybrid humans] on other planets is not as delighted as normal as a mortal unusual on this Catch. For example is the use of the exalted spit of a demigod? On "heavenly" planets, due to plentiful objective comforts, current is no possibility of associating with devotees" (SB 5.13.21).
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BILA-SVARGA [Underhanded Bases, Synthetic Catch]
"Bila-svarga "is the name of untold "song" housing by the "Asuras" [titans] and the NAGAS. The "Bhagavata Purana" lists seven of them, each base the other: Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala, and Patala.
"In these seven cosmological systems, which are furthermore unambiguous as the untold song ["bila-svarga"], current are very thin houses, division, and places of judgment satisfaction, which are even broaden deep than make somewhere your home in the higher-ranking planets equally the demons bind a very high supreme of sensual absolution, wealth, and power. Best of the land of these planets, who are unambiguous as Daityas, Danavas, and Nagas, shooting lodge as householders. Their wives, children, friends, and area are all fine immersed in trancelike, objective elation. The judgment satisfaction of the demigods is sometimes worried, but the land of these planets listen life flaw worry. Therefore, they are made-up to be very tied to trancelike elation" (SB 5.24.8).
ASURAS - "Now let me crash the [youthful] of Diti, who were begotten by Kasyapa but who became demons. In this demoniac organization the terrible opinionated Prahlada Maharaja appeared, and Bali Maharaja furthermore appeared in that organization. The demons are justly unambiguous as Daityas equally they proceeded from the womb of Diti" (SB 6.18.10).
"Lower Mahatala is the cosmological way unambiguous as Rasatala, which is the address of the demoniac sons of Diti and Danu. They are called Panis, Nivata-kavacas, Kaleyas, and Hiranya-puravasis [make somewhere your home living in "Hiranya-pura"]. They are all enemies of the demigods, and they reside in holes be devoted to snakes. From normal they are in terror powerful and bitter, and although they are dominant of their character, they are reliably outdone by the "Sudarsana cakra" of [Krsna], who convention all the cosmological systems. The same as a female proclaim from Indra named Sarama chants a conclusion curse, the serpentine demons of Mahatala become very worried of Indra" (SB 5.24.30).
NAGAS - "Lower Rasatala is altered cosmological way, unambiguous as Patala or Nagaloka, wherever current are many demoniac serpents, the masters of Nagaloka, such as Sankha, Kulika, Mahasankha, Sveta, Dhananjaya, Dhrtarastra, Sankhacuda, Kambala, Asvatara, and Devadatta. The front between them is Vasuki. They are all in terror blazing, and they bind many, many hoods [path of royalty] -- some five hoods, some seven, some ten, others a hundred, and others a thousand. These hoods are adorned with fertile gems, and the light emanating from the gems illuminates the magnificent cosmological way of "bila-svarga" (SB 5.24.31).
Splinter group has become one of the "Asuras" or "Nagas", lacking mortal and lacking serpent beings, who are enjoying a high supreme of objective life on sub-earthly levels. One is endowed with enchanted powers, fair profane and overall inimical to humans. This presumably complete life is intermittent from time to time. One may be killed by the "Sudarsana chakra" and reborn as a mortal. MORE>>
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DO BUDDHIST TEXTS AGREE?
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In at least one enigmatic sutra, which has baffled the dominant translator of the "Middle Breadth Discourses" (Bhikkhu Bodhi) as to what it could mean, the Buddha's terrible aficionada Mahakassapa describes human-hybrids and an magnificent distinguished drawn world:
"In the inner of the marine
Gift are mansions aeon-lasting,
Sapphire-shining, fiery-gleaming
Once a resolve all right lustre,
Everywhere glittering sea-nymphs turn
In over-elaborate, difficult rhythms" (MN 50).
Mahakassapa's license to without more ado know this stemmed from the deft tower of his psychic abilities. The Buddha confirmed him the most important male aficionada in this regard. In the exceedingly sutra, Mahakassapa news update a other life of which he says, "My team had the exceedingly form as a mortal team, but my advance had the form of a fish's advance."
Of course, the develop goes far forgotten this one discourse. The Buddha common the ancient Indian cosmology heritable from the Vedas. He familiar and rationalized some parts but aloof the chief figures and elements: "Devas" (space alien-human hybrids), "nagas" (reptilian-human hybrids), "asuras" (titans), "yakkhas" (ogres), "garudas" (avian hybrids), "petas" (phantoms), and others.
How is this peculiar bits and pieces dealt with in Buddhism?
The exceedingly way it is dealt with in Hinduism and Christianity: It's not. It's dismissed as code but "mythology." The luxurious thing about next this wealth of information "myth and make responsibility" -- sealed as sacred and enormous for the understanding of not single-handedly our beginning as a species but the history of life on this gravel -- is that mortal cultures are proficient to put to one side what we no longer understand until such time as it can be made-up anew.
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