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I removed the references to pleasures. Pleasures would fit well into the realm higher that of Asuras. There are different classifications, that usually confuses. Above human realm, there are either two realms (semigods/Asuras and gods/Devas) or just one (and you hear it called either 'asuras' or just gods).
Asurase are active, intelligent and prone to jealousy and figts. Gods are completely satisfied with what they have (and they have a lot), they live in harmony and do not fight (except when Asuras attack).
Hope this helps.
Does anyone know if the image that i'm linking to on the Library of Congress website can by uploaded and used on Wiki (without copyright problems). If it can't and somebody has another one that is either in public domain or under a free license please feel free to edit the reference... Beta m ( talk)
What about plants, germs, and earth? Where are the ten? lysdexia 03:13, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Isn't the idea of possibly coming back into the world as an animal, hungry ghost, or in the Narakas seem scary? Do people who believe this believe that this happens to everyone? Or is it just really bad people and not the average Joe Blo? This always confused me about Buddhism. It seems so nice, yet has some terrible ideas about the afterlife with the Buddhist hell realms. This is all just my opinion and I mean no offense to any Buddhist who reads this.
You don't gwt reincarnated at random, good karma you get a better life, bad karma worse life.
Zazaban 06:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Like the original poster on this topic, I in no way mean to offend; I am just starting out in this so please take my question as one of ignorance. If the majority of people are reborn in lower realms (by which I assume is meant in animal form) how is the rapid incease in human population explained? Is there a definite number of souls? What is the source of 'new' souls and where did the original ones come from (which I guess implies a measurable 'beginning' of time)? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.34.64 ( talk) 01:50, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I haven't been here for a while. There is no beginning. We've been here for ever. We go up & down. Mostly down, in the sense that most of our lifetimes are in lower realms: animals, ghosts, hell. Over time, the proportions of beings in different realms can vary, so population growth isn't a problem. This is the Theravada position. Mahayana probably agrees on the whole, but I have much less knowledge of the subject. Peter jackson ( talk) 11:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
As far as I know, the asura realm follows the god realm and precedes the human. Haiduc 17:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
The way the introductory text interacts with the pivture results in a detached 1/2 line, which looks daft to me. Perhaps someone with the requisite technical knowledge can fix it. Peter jackson 16:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The article states:
"The Buddhist view of Hell (Niraya) differs significantly from that of most monotheistic religions in that those being punished in this realm are not trapped permanently. Rather, they remain there until their negative karma is used up, at which point they are reborn into another realm."
As far as I understand, karma is not something that "accumulate" or can be "used up".
Karma is just action -- if you drop a glass, it will break. If you don't, it won't. Of course, there are external factors as well. You may not break the glass, but someone else can.
The result of past karma is what it is. You can't "use" it.
According to Thanissaro Bhikkhu:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/karma.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.248.219.162 ( talk) 21:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
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I removed the references to pleasures. Pleasures would fit well into the realm higher that of Asuras. There are different classifications, that usually confuses. Above human realm, there are either two realms (semigods/Asuras and gods/Devas) or just one (and you hear it called either 'asuras' or just gods).
Asurase are active, intelligent and prone to jealousy and figts. Gods are completely satisfied with what they have (and they have a lot), they live in harmony and do not fight (except when Asuras attack).
Hope this helps.
Does anyone know if the image that i'm linking to on the Library of Congress website can by uploaded and used on Wiki (without copyright problems). If it can't and somebody has another one that is either in public domain or under a free license please feel free to edit the reference... Beta m ( talk)
What about plants, germs, and earth? Where are the ten? lysdexia 03:13, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Isn't the idea of possibly coming back into the world as an animal, hungry ghost, or in the Narakas seem scary? Do people who believe this believe that this happens to everyone? Or is it just really bad people and not the average Joe Blo? This always confused me about Buddhism. It seems so nice, yet has some terrible ideas about the afterlife with the Buddhist hell realms. This is all just my opinion and I mean no offense to any Buddhist who reads this.
You don't gwt reincarnated at random, good karma you get a better life, bad karma worse life.
Zazaban 06:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Like the original poster on this topic, I in no way mean to offend; I am just starting out in this so please take my question as one of ignorance. If the majority of people are reborn in lower realms (by which I assume is meant in animal form) how is the rapid incease in human population explained? Is there a definite number of souls? What is the source of 'new' souls and where did the original ones come from (which I guess implies a measurable 'beginning' of time)? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.34.64 ( talk) 01:50, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I haven't been here for a while. There is no beginning. We've been here for ever. We go up & down. Mostly down, in the sense that most of our lifetimes are in lower realms: animals, ghosts, hell. Over time, the proportions of beings in different realms can vary, so population growth isn't a problem. This is the Theravada position. Mahayana probably agrees on the whole, but I have much less knowledge of the subject. Peter jackson ( talk) 11:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
As far as I know, the asura realm follows the god realm and precedes the human. Haiduc 17:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
The way the introductory text interacts with the pivture results in a detached 1/2 line, which looks daft to me. Perhaps someone with the requisite technical knowledge can fix it. Peter jackson 16:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The article states:
"The Buddhist view of Hell (Niraya) differs significantly from that of most monotheistic religions in that those being punished in this realm are not trapped permanently. Rather, they remain there until their negative karma is used up, at which point they are reborn into another realm."
As far as I understand, karma is not something that "accumulate" or can be "used up".
Karma is just action -- if you drop a glass, it will break. If you don't, it won't. Of course, there are external factors as well. You may not break the glass, but someone else can.
The result of past karma is what it is. You can't "use" it.
According to Thanissaro Bhikkhu:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/karma.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.248.219.162 ( talk) 21:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
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