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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]])
 
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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)