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The '''four modes of birth''' ( | The '''four modes of birth''' ([[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); | ||
#spontaneous generation from warmth and moisture or heat-moisture birth (for certain “inferior” types of animals), and | #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). | #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). | ||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 3 September 2008
The four modes of birth (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).