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The '''four modes of birth''' ([[Wyl.]] ''skye gnas bzhi'') | The '''four modes of birth''' (Tib. སྐྱེ་གནས་བཞི་, ''kyené shyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''skye gnas bzhi'') — according to tantric theory, all forms of birth fall into one of four categories: | ||
#womb birth (for humans and certain classes of [[animals]] and [[preta]]s); | #womb birth (for humans and certain classes of [[animals]] and [[preta]]s); | ||
#egg birth (for certain animals); | #egg birth (for certain animals); | ||
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#miraculous birth or manifestation (for all [[gods]], [[hell beings]], and beings in the [[Bardo|intermediate state]], as well as certain classes of preta and humans such as [[bodhisattva]] emanations). | #miraculous birth or manifestation (for all [[gods]], [[hell beings]], and beings in the [[Bardo|intermediate state]], as well as certain classes of preta and humans such as [[bodhisattva]] emanations). | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:05, 20 November 2020
The four modes of birth (Tib. སྐྱེ་གནས་བཞི་, kyené shyi, Wyl. skye gnas bzhi) — according to tantric theory, all forms of birth fall into one of four categories:
- womb birth (for humans and certain classes of animals and pretas);
- egg birth (for certain animals);
- spontaneous generation from warmth and moisture or heat-moisture birth (for certain “inferior” types of animals), and
- miraculous birth or manifestation (for all gods, hell beings, and beings in the intermediate state, as well as certain classes of preta and humans such as bodhisattva emanations).