Explanation of ten worlds in nichiren buddhism. The World of Animals. Buddhism calls these life co...

Explanation of ten worlds in nichiren buddhism. The World of Animals. Buddhism calls these life conditions “worlds,” and they number ten: hell, hunger, animality, anger, tranquillity or humanity, rapture, learning, realization, bodhisattva (compassion, service to others), and Buddhahood. [10] It arose in the The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism for the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu A publication of the Soka Gakkai Study Department providing an overview of the basic principles and practice of Nichiren Buddhism. It is a principle often referred to as 'the Ten Worlds'. From the lowest to the highest, the realms of (1) hell, (2) hungry spirits, (3) animals, (4) asuras, (5) human beings, (6) heavenly beings, (7) voice-hearers, (8) cause-awakened ones, (9) bodhisattvas, and (10) Buddhas. The world of animals, or animality, is characterized by motivation based on immediate gain or loss rather than on reason or logic. The lowest of the ten worlds is Hell, a state in which we feel uncontrollable anger and suffering and can't imagine anything beyond our own suffering. Nichiren Shoshu teaches that we each possess all Ten Worlds, and through practice we can cause Buddhahood to emerge amid ordinary circumstances. The most basic differences expressed in the three realms are those of the ten worlds. This document provides an overview of the Ten Worlds concept in Nichiren Buddhism. wjc jpybdwz umhkt zhsmtrc btsvhqk pdcig tgul dncgoc fbo ljocm