Buddhist cosmology
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title:
Buddhist cosmology
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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 and a spatial cosmology. The temporal cosmology describes the timespan of the creation and dissolvement of alternate universes in different aeons. The spatial cosmology consists of a vertical cosmology, the various planes of beings, into which beings are reborn due to their merits and development; and a horizontal cosmology, the distributio
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Description of the universe in Buddhist texts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_cosmology
date created:
2006-05-23T20:31:50Z
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2024-09-08T06:29:57Z
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