saha world and Jambudvipa
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do you think Jambudvipa is UNDER/Within Saha World or Jambudvipa IS Saha World itself?
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It is only a small part of samsara.Originally posted by sinweiy:do you think Jambudvipa is UNDER/Within Saha World or Jambudvipa IS Saha World itself?
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
yeah, i always tot the 4 continents are within the so call saha world, Shakyamuni's preaching area; endurance world; a great Chiliocosm.
It is only a small part of samsara.
my sister-in-law and bro tot they saw a buddhist dictionary that state that Jambudvipa is saha world. hmm...so i want to investigate.
maybe the other 3 continents are not endurance world?
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ok both are acceptable:
saha world (Skt)
(Jpn.: shaba-sekai)This world, which is full of suffering. Often translated as the world of endurance. Saha means the earth; it derives from a root meaning "to bear" or "to endure." For this reason, in the Chinese versions of Buddhist scriptures, saha is rendered as endurance. In this context, the saha world indicates a world in which people must endure suffering. It is also defined as an impure land, a land defiled by earthly desires and illusion, in contrast with a pure land. The saha world describes the land where Shakyamuni Buddha makes his appearance and instructs living beings. In Buddhist scriptures, the saha world indicates either Jambudvipa, which is one of the four continents of ancient Indian cosmology, or the entire world containing all four continents. It also indicates the major world system, considered to be the realm of Shakyamuni's instruction. In some Buddhist scriptures, including the Lotus and Vimalakirti sutras, it is held that the saha world, this world full of distress and suffering, is in itself a pure land, the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light. In the "Life Span" (sixteenth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni states, "Ever since then I have been constantly in this saha world, preaching the Law, teaching and converting," indicating that the place where the Buddha dwells, the Buddha land, is in fact the saha world.
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Oh I see.. thanks for sharingOriginally posted by sinweiy:ok both are acceptable:
saha world (Skt)
(Jpn.: shaba-sekai)
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