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| [[Image:Demi-god_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the Demi-gods from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]] | | #redirect[[Demigods]] |
| '''Demigods''' (Skt. ''asura''; Tib. [[ལྷ་མིན་]], [[Wyl.]] ''lha min'') — one of the [[six classes of beings]]. They are powerful and intelligent beings who dwell in cavities inside [[Mount Meru]] down to the [[universal golden basis]] and whose pleasures and abundance rival those of the [[gods]]. The dominant characteristic of the demigods is paranoia and [[jealousy]], so they spend all their time fighting and quarreling among themselves over possessions and territories. Seeing that all the gods’ desires are provided by a wish-fulfilling tree whose roots are in their own realm, they constantly wage war against the gods but invariably lose in the face of the overpowering superiority of the gods.
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| [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] writes:
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| :You can see the demigod realm being acted out every day perhaps in the intrigue and rivalry of Wall Street, or in the seething corridors of Washington and Whitehall.<ref>''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'', page 117.</ref>
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| ==Alternative Translations==
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| *Antigods (Dorje & Coleman)
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| *Titans
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| ==Notes==
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| <small><references/></small>
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| [[Category:Three Realms]]
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| [[Category:Asura Realm]]
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| [[Category:Gods and demons]]
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| [[Category:Classes of beings]]
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