This document provides an overview of key Buddhist concepts and terms related to the Buddhist imaginary. It discusses concepts like karma, samsara, rebirth, the six realms of existence including the human world, animal realm, realm of the gods, realm of the anti-gods, realm of hungry ghosts, and the hells. It also outlines the structure of time in Buddhism including kalpas of dissolution, nothingness, creation, and the duration of the created world. Finally, it provides translations between Pali and Sanskrit terms and identifies figures like Indra, the four castes in Hinduism, and the term "tathagata".

1. LTWL 135
THE BUDDHIST IMAGINARY
jhj jhj jhj jhj jhj jhj
syllabus available at:
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6. karma
saṃsāra
rebirth

8. Śakra = Kauśika = Indra
King of the Heaven of the Thirty Three Gods
(in)dividual

9. bhāvacakra = wheel of existence

10. Māra

11. the three poisons:
desire
hatred
ignorance

12. the human world
(manuṣya-loka)

13. the animal realm
(tiryagyoni-loka)

14. the realm of the gods
(deva-loka)

15. the realm of the anti-gods
(āsura-loka)

16. the realm of hungry ghosts
(preta-loka)

17. the hells
(naraka)

18. the six gatis (destinies)

24. Structure of Time:
1) a kalpa of dissolution,
during which the world we know it is progressively destroyed
2) a kalpa of nothingness,
during which universe is entirely non-manifest
3) a kalpa of creation,
in which the universe gradually reappears and is repopulated
4) a kalpa of the duration of created world,
during which the universe remains manifest, and is populated
with human life
kalpa
= fill 7.4 cubic km with mustard seeds
= 120.0554 x 1018 mustard seeds; remove 1 seed per 100 years
mahākalpa
= 80 kalpas = 9.6 x 1023 years
asaṃkhya kalpa
= 64 mahākalpa = 6.144 x 1025 years

25. Pāli Sanskrit
sutta sūtra
kamma karma
dhamma dharma
bodhisatta bodhisattva
Indra = Śakra = Kauśika = King of the Heaven of the Thirty Three
Thus have I heard = Evaṃ mayā śrutam
4 Castes (varṇas)
priest = brahmin
warrior = kṣatriya
commoner = vaiśya
servant = śūdra
tathāgata = literally, “thus come” or “thus gone”
tathā + gata tathā + āgata
collective karma