AMIDAJI INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE 阿 弥 陀 寺

This is part of the description  of the animal realm of samsara Nagas are animals with miraculous powers who live in many places: in some r...

In  the World of Desire (Kamadhatu), there are several classes of gods with their specific realms: bhuma devas who are gods that live among...

Related article:  Description and contemplation of the suffering of the six realms of samsaric existence Instead of a creator god , the coll...

  In Buddhism we do not consider nature to be our mother. We do not embrace such ideas of mother nature as a benevolent goddess. We do not v...

Question: Can matter evolve and become conscious? Answer: Matter itself without a conscience is not alive and life does not appear out of ...

Fragment from my book  Simple Teachings  on Emptiness and Buddha nature “The eye coursing in conceptuality Is very mistaken. Wha...

This is a presentation made by Kosho Arana based on my books. Narrators: Part 1: Gansen John Welch (Australia) Part 2: Kosho Arana (...

article connected to this collection of teachings Samsara is suffering - description and contemplation  of the six realms of samsaric ...

last update 2nd November 2017 This article is the 4th part of the teaching series The Four Profound Thoughts that Turn the Mind Toward t...

photo by Catalin Halmageanu Article connected to this collection of teachings: Samsara is suffering - description and contemplation  o...

Article connected to first three parts of this collection of teachings: Samsara is suffering - description and contemplation  of the ...

    Six heavens of the World of Desire from the Wheel of Life The gods (devas) experience the most pleasure, health and comfort amon...

            the Human Realm from the Wheel of Life As I previously explained in the first section , life in human form is most desir...

            Realm of Asuras from the Wheel of Life As Master Genshin explained, the realm of Asuras is divided into two parts: 1 ...

Animal realm from the Wheel of Life       updated and revised on 25th August 2020 click here to return to the main descriptio...

the preta realm from the Wheel of Life updated and revised on 24th August 2020 click here to return to the main description of...

 There are eight hot hells and eight cold hells. According to Shakyamuni, and various Buddhist masters who explained them, these eight h...

fragment from my description of the preta (hungry ghost realm)             At the end of this presentation on pretas , I would ...

the wheel of samsara with various realms of existence Recent discussions with various readers convinced me that it would be very us...

Question: If the Pure Land actually exists as real place, that means that the hellish realms and other samsaric places exist litera...