https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&feed=atom&action=historyWorld - Revision history2024-03-28T10:53:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.1https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&diff=83571&oldid=prevKent at 21:58, 10 May 20182018-05-10T21:58:16Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་, ''jikten'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cāturdvīpalokadhātu''; Wyl. '' 'jig rten gyi khams'') is, according to [[Abhidharma]] cosmology, a cosmographical unit composed of mountains, continents, islands, freshwater lakes, oceans and inhabited by [[sentient beings]] belonging to the [[six classes]] or [[three realms]] of [[samsara]]. [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] writes, "In Tibetan, the word for universe (Wyl. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</del>''jig rten'') is a pejorative term, since it means 'basis of decay'. It is so called because, from the moment it comes into being, decay and death are intrinsic to it."<ref>[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), page 35.</ref> The universe or world is also sometimes referred to as 'the [inanimate] environment and [animate] beings within it' (Skt. ''bhājana-sattva''; Tib. སྣོད་བཅུད་, ''nö-chü'', Wyl. ''snod bcud'').</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་, ''jikten'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cāturdvīpalokadhātu''; Wyl. '' 'jig rten gyi khams'') is, according to [[Abhidharma]] cosmology, a cosmographical unit composed of mountains, continents, islands, freshwater lakes, oceans and inhabited by [[sentient beings]] belonging to the [[six classes]] or [[three realms]] of [[samsara]]. [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] writes, "In Tibetan, the word for universe (Wyl. ''jig rten'') is a pejorative term, since it means 'basis of decay'. It is so called because, from the moment it comes into being, decay and death are intrinsic to it."<ref>[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), page 35.</ref> The universe or world is also sometimes referred to as 'the [inanimate] environment and [animate] beings within it' (Skt. ''bhājana-sattva''; Tib. སྣོད་བཅུད་, ''nö-chü'', Wyl. ''snod bcud'').</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the centre of each of these worlds, lies a large mountain named [[Mount Meru]] with four sides. Around it are seven oceans (Skt. ''Sītā'') separated by [[seven rings of golden mountains]]. Outside are [[four continents]] and [[eight subcontinents]] (two out at sea, left and right of each of the continents). All continents, islands, mountains and oceans are supported by a [[universal golden basis]] that is suspended in empty space. This entire world system is surrounded by a ring of iron mountains (Skt. ''Cakravāḍa'') and has its own sun and moon.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the centre of each of these worlds, lies a large mountain named [[Mount Meru]] with four sides. Around it are seven oceans (Skt. ''Sītā'') separated by [[seven rings of golden mountains]]. Outside are [[four continents]] and [[eight subcontinents]] (two out at sea, left and right of each of the continents). All continents, islands, mountains and oceans are supported by a [[universal golden basis]] that is suspended in empty space. This entire world system is surrounded by a ring of iron mountains (Skt. ''Cakravāḍa'') and has its own sun and moon.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་, ''jikten'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cāturdvīpalokadhātu''; Wyl. '' 'jig rten gyi khams'') is, according to [[Abhidharma]] cosmology, a cosmographical unit composed of mountains, continents, islands, freshwater lakes, oceans and inhabited by [[sentient beings]] belonging to the [[six classes]] or [[three realms]] of [[samsara]]. [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] writes, "In Tibetan, the word for universe ('' 'jig rten'') is a pejorative term, since it means 'basis of decay'. It is so called because, from the moment it comes into being, decay and death are intrinsic to it."<ref>[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), page 35.</ref> The universe or world is also sometimes referred to as 'the [inanimate] environment and [animate] beings within it' (Skt. ''bhājana-sattva''; Tib. སྣོད་བཅུད་, ''nö-chü'', Wyl. ''snod bcud'').</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. འཇིག་རྟེན་, ''jikten'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cāturdvīpalokadhātu''; Wyl. '' 'jig rten gyi khams'') is, according to [[Abhidharma]] cosmology, a cosmographical unit composed of mountains, continents, islands, freshwater lakes, oceans and inhabited by [[sentient beings]] belonging to the [[six classes]] or [[three realms]] of [[samsara]]. [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] writes, "In Tibetan, the word for universe (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wyl. </ins>'''jig rten'') is a pejorative term, since it means 'basis of decay'. It is so called because, from the moment it comes into being, decay and death are intrinsic to it."<ref>[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), page 35.</ref> The universe or world is also sometimes referred to as 'the [inanimate] environment and [animate] beings within it' (Skt. ''bhājana-sattva''; Tib. སྣོད་བཅུད་, ''nö-chü'', Wyl. ''snod bcud'').</div></td></tr>
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</table>Kenthttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&diff=80300&oldid=prevSébastien at 09:06, 21 August 20172017-08-21T09:06:34Z<p></p>
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</table>Kenthttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&diff=78736&oldid=prevKent: Tibetan.2017-02-25T01:02:08Z<p>Tibetan.</p>
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</table>Kenthttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&diff=77845&oldid=prevKent: Tibetan.2017-01-23T20:33:38Z<p>Tibetan.</p>
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</table>Kenthttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&diff=65928&oldid=prevSébastien: /* Further Reading */2011-09-12T09:30:23Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Further Reading</span></span></p>
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</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=World&diff=20924&oldid=prevSébastien: Created page with 'Illustration of our world system A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. ''jikten''; Wyl. '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cātu…'2009-10-07T17:38:40Z<p>Created page with '<a href="/index.php?title=File:Four_Continents.jpg" title="File:Four Continents.jpg">frame|Illustration of our world system</a> A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. ''jikten''; <a href="/index.php?title=Wyl." class="mw-redirect" title="Wyl.">Wyl.</a> '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cātu…'</p>
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A '''world''' (Skt. ''loka''; Tib. ''jikten''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'jig rten'') or '''small universe''' (Skt. ''cāturdvīpalokadhātu''; Wyl. '' 'jig rten gyi khams'') is, according to [[Abhidharma]] cosmology, a cosmographical unit composed of mountains, continents, islands, freshwater lakes, oceans and inhabited by [[sentient beings]] belonging to the [[six classes]] or [[three realms]] of [[samsara]]. [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] writes, "In Tibetan, the word for universe ('' 'jig rten'') is a pejorative term, since it means 'basis of decay'. It is so called because, from the moment it comes into being, decay and death are intrinsic to it."<ref>[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), page 35.</ref> The universe or world is also sometimes referred to as 'the [inanimate] environment and [animate] beings within it' (Skt. ''bhājana-sattva''; Tib. ''nö-chü''; Wyl. ''snod bcud'').<br />
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In the centre of each of these worlds, lies a large mountain named [[Mount Meru]] with four sides. Around it are seven oceans (Skt. ''Sītā'') separated by [[seven rings of golden mountains]]. Outside are [[four continents]] and [[eight subcontinents]] (two out at sea, left and right of each of the continents). All continents, islands, mountains and oceans are supported by a [[universal golden basis]] that is suspended in empty space. This entire world system is surrounded by a ring of iron mountains (Skt. ''Cakravāḍa'') and has its own sun and moon.<br />
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There are an unimaginably vast number of these world systems. For instance, a [[trichiliocosm]] is composed of one billion such worlds. <br />
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==Literature==<br />
* [[Vasubandhu]], ''The [[Treasury of Abhidharma]]'' (Skt. ''Abhidharmakośa'') and its Auto-Commentary (Skt. ''Abhidharmakośa-Bhāṣya''), Chapter Three.<br />
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==Alternative Terms/Translations==<br />
*four-continent world system<br />
*universe<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Further Reading==<br />
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''Myriad Worlds'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), Chapter II, 'Our Universe according to the Individual and Universal Ways'.<br />
*''Abhidharmakośabhāṣyam'' by Louis de La Vallé Poussin, translated by Leo M. Pruden (Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1988-1990), Volume II, 'Chapter Three: The World'.<br />
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