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Shamini Gairola

The Thirty-one Planes of Existence in Buddhism

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Traditional Philosophies, Principle and PracticesReligious Philosophies and Concepts

The suttas describe thirty-one distinct "planes" or "realms" of existence into which beings can be reborn during this long wandering through samsara. These range from the extraordinarily dark, grim, and painful hell realms all the way up to the most sublime, refined, and exquisitely blissful heaven realms. Existence in every realm is impermanent; in Buddhist cosmology there is no eternal heaven or hell...

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