Realms of existence   → Tag [Realms of existence]
Part of key topic Buddhist Perspectives on the World
Includes tags: Realms of existence, Brahma gods, Deva, Human, Ghost, Animal, Hell, Non-human beings, Recollection/Devas



Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 47 – Mar. 11, 2014

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12. “If you had moved Wat Pah Nanachat to Wat Keuan, would you have left Thailand?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Wat Keuan] [Ajahn Pasanno]

Quote: “I had one plan and the devas had a different one.” [Deva]

Sutta: DN 16.6.15: Mahāparinibbāna Sutta [Buddha/Biography] [Deva] [Great disciples]


Death and Dying, Session 1 – May. 9, 2014

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22. “I read about the advice given to dying devas. Should more people know about the cosmological background of the Buddha’s teachings?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Deva] [Realms of existence] [Death]

Sutta: Iti 83: Five omens that appear when a deva is about to pass away. [Deva] [Rebirth]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 6 – Nov. 24, 2016

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7. “‘Teacher of Gods and Humans’. Can you talk about this? What Gods did the Buddha teach? What other beings did the Buddha teach?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Recollection/Buddha] [Buddha] [Teaching Dhamma] [Deva] [Human] // [Realms of existence ] [Sutta] [Buddha/Biography] [Ajahn Chah]

Sutta: DN 21: Sakka’s Questions.

Sutta: Snp 2.4: Maṅgala Sutta (Chanting Book translation).

Vinaya: Khandhaka 17.3.11: The Buddha subdues an enraged elephant. [Animal]

Story: Ajahn Chah describes the beings inhabiting Wat Pah Pong. [Wat Pah Pong] [Non-human beings]

Story: The head being acquires faith, listens to teachings, and temporarily takes on the Eight Precepts. [Non-human beings] [Faith] [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Eight Precepts]


Readings from The Island, Session 43 – Mar. 11, 2025

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3. “When you are talking about Dependent Origination and craving, I thought that all of that had ceased for an arahant.” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Dependent origination] [Craving] [Arahant] [Cessation] // [Feeling] [Unskillful qualities] [Ignorance] [Māra]

Suttas: SN 4.6; SN 4.20: The Buddha’s encounters with Māra. [Buddha/Biography]

Sutta: MN 50: Mahā Mogallāna rebukes Māra. [Great disciples]

Sutta: SN 10.3: Sūciloma. [Non-human beings]


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4. “In the mind of an arahant, are unwholesome states immediately seen through the filter of the Four Noble Truths so they are immediately let go?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Arahant] [Unskillful qualities] [Four Noble Truths] [Relinquishment] // [Māra]

Sutta: MN 49.29 [Brahma gods]