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    Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It consists of a temporal...
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    karma, or ethical and unethical actions. The Hindu cosmology, like the Buddhist and Jain cosmology, considers all existence as cyclic. With its ancient...
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    Loka (category Buddhist cosmology)
    and the six dimensions or classes of beings in the Bhavachakra. In Buddhist cosmology, Kama-Loka, Rupa-Loka, Arupa-Loka are the realms that are inhabited...
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    Mount Meru (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical...
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    Saṃsāra (Buddhism) (category Buddhist philosophical concepts)
    Samsara, there is not the slightest difference between the two." Buddhist cosmology typically identifies six realms of rebirth and existence: gods, demi-gods...
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    Trailokya (category Buddhist cosmology)
    Jainism, as well as early Buddhist texts. The concept of three worlds has a number of different interpretations in Hindu cosmology. Traditionally, the three...
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  • Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक; Pali: 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑀬 Niraya) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as "hell" (or "hell realm") or "purgatory"...
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    Jambudvīpa (category Buddhist cosmology)
    most detailed geography is that described in the Vāyu Purāṇa. The Buddhist cosmology divides the bhūmaṇḍala (circle of the earth) into three separate levels:...
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  • Wheel of time (category Buddhist cosmology)
    equate to the four cardinal directions and seasons. According to their cosmology, all living things go through this cycle. Mbûngi represents aether and...
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  • Cosmology of Kyoto (京都千年物語, Kyoto Sennen Monogatari, lit. "Kyoto Thousand-Year Story") is an adventure game developed by Softedge and published by Yano...
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