Difference between revisions of "Deva"

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Deva — lha, gods, the highest of the six classes of samsaric beings, who enjoy the temporal bliss of the heavenly state. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6

Deva (lha)

See under god(s). GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)

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-Buddha Body of Indestructible Reality ([[rdo rje'i sku]] /lus)
+*Deva — [[lha]], gods, the highest of the six classes of samsaric beings, who enjoy the temporal bliss of the heavenly state. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6
-*In the terminology of the rNying-ma school, the buddha-body of indestructible reality ([[vajrakāya]]) refers to the indivisible essence of the three buddha-bodies ([[trikāya]]), ie. the originally pure unchanging expanse of reality ([[dharmadhātu]]) in which all paths are concluded and all conceptual elaborations ([[prapañca]]) transcended. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
+Deva ([[lha]])
+*See under god(s). [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
+[[Category:  Key Terms]]