Deities?
- James the Giant
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Re: Deities?
Mate, Google is your friend. There's a whole category of Wikipedia about them.
These include Mahayana and Vajrayana deities too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:B ... and_demons" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
These include Mahayana and Vajrayana deities too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:B ... and_demons" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
Re: Deities?
For a quick run-down of the many realms and planes of existence:
'The Thirty-one Planes of Existence'
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
'The Thirty-one Planes of Existence'
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
- Bohemian Seeker
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Re: Deities?
Thanks for that link, that website is really clearly written.manas wrote:For a quick run-down of the many realms and planes of existence:
'The Thirty-one Planes of Existence'
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Mike
- PadmaPhala
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Re: Deities?
Mara, in some interpretations, is more the negative tendencies, hindrances, fermentations or obscurations of each mind than a being.
- drifting cloud
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Re: Deities?
Mara is definitely not a deity.