Hope Warriors Dharma Talks-What? The Human World Does Not Exist?!

Mahayana Buddhism in general, there are ten worlds and I have already talked several times about this. Above the human being world there is a heavenly realm, heavenly world.

Below is the Ashura world which is fighting hell, and the animal world. Below that is the fasting hell and at the bottom, the bottom is hell, hell, hell….

Above these are six samsara, six reincarnations worlds.

Out of the reincarnation, these six worlds , there are four worlds, Shomon and Engaku which are the spirits of the enlightenment that practice for themselves, the self merit enlightenment. 

And above them there is the Bodhisattva world and then the highest which is the Buddha world. 

What is each world like? It is written about  in the book  “Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land”, “Ōjōyōshū ” in Japanese, which was written one thousand years ago.

Please listen to the full talk below. Thank you

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