- དགའ་བ།
- དགའ་ལྡན་གནས།
- དགའ་ལྡན་གྱི་གནས།
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- ཡོངས་སུ་དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- dga’ ldan gyi gnas
- yongs su dga’ ldan
- dga’ ba
- dga’ ldan gnas
- tuṣita
- saṃtuṣita
- tuṣitabhavana
- samtuṣita
- santuṣita
- tuṣitā
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Tuṣita (or sometimes Saṃtuṣita), literally “Joyous” or “Contented,” is one of the six heavens of the desire realm (kāmadhātu). In standard classifications, such as the one in the Abhidharmakośa, it is ranked as the fourth of the six counting from below. This god realm is where all future buddhas are said to dwell before taking on their final rebirth prior to awakening. There, the Buddha Śākyamuni lived his preceding life as the bodhisattva Śvetaketu. When departing to take birth in this world, he appointed the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will be the next buddha of this eon, as his Dharma regent in Tuṣita. For an account of the Buddha’s previous life in Tuṣita, see The Play in Full (Toh 95), 2.12, and for an account of Maitreya’s birth in Tuṣita and a description of this realm, see The Sūtra on Maitreya’s Birth in the Heaven of Joy, (Toh 199).
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- 兜率天
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm; also the name of the gods living there. It is the paradise in which the Buddha Śākyamuni lived as the tenth-level bodhisattva and regent Śvetaketu, prior to his birth in this world, and is also where all future buddhas dwell prior to their awakening. At present the regent of the Heaven of Joy is the bodhisattva Maitreya, the future buddha.
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན་གྱི་གནས།
- dga’ ldan gyi gnas
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན་གྱི་གནས།
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan gyi gnas
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- 兜率天
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན་གྱི་གནས།
- dga’ ldan gyi gnas
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm. In Buddhist thought it is where all future buddhas dwell prior to their awakening.
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm. The heaven from which Śākyamuni descended to be born into this world and where all future buddhas dwell prior to their awakening.
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The heaven of a class of devas of the world of sensuous desire (kāmadhātu); bodhisattvas reside in this heaven before their last rebirth in the world of humans.
- Heaven of Joy
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
A class of gods in the desire realm among whom the Bodhisattva is supposed to be born in his penultimate life, before that in which he attains full awakening.
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
Lit. “The Contented.” The fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm; also the name of the gods living there. It is the paradise in which the Buddha Śākyamuni lived as the tenth level bodhisattva Śvetaketu (dam pa tog dkar po) and regent, prior to his birth in this world, and where all future buddhas dwell prior to their awakening. At present the regent of Tuṣita is the bodhisattva Maitreya, the future buddha.
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The fourth (counting from the lowest) of the six paradises in the desire realm. The paradise from which buddhas descend to be born in this world.
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The celestial realm where a bodhisattva is born before being reborn as a Buddha in the human realm. Second of the group of four heavens immediately above the peak of Mount Meru.
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- 兜率天
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- samtuṣita
The fourth (counting from the lowest) of the six paradises in the desire realm. The paradise from which Śākyamuni descended to be born into his world.
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
A heaven, the fourth level of the heavens of the realm of desire, and the last stopping place of a buddha before his descent and reincarnation on earth; at present the abode of the future Buddha Maitreya.
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན་གྱི་གནས།
- ཡོངས་སུ་དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan gyi gnas
- yongs su dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
The heaven of “the contented.” This is the fourth heaven in the realm of sense pleasure (kāmadhātu), above the Yāma heaven. While not the highest heaven, it is considered the best heaven to be reborn in, since bodhisattvas reside and teach there before their final birth when they become buddhas. It is presently the abode of the bodhisattva Maitreya, who received the crown for this heaven from the bodhisattva Śvetaketu when the latter decided to take birth in the Śākya family in order to become the Buddha Śākyamuni, as described in The Play in Full (Toh 95).
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- santuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- དགའ་བ།
- dga’ ldan
- dga’ ba
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
Lit. “The Contented.” The fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm; also the name of the gods living there. It is the paradise in which the Buddha Śākyamuni lived as the tenth level bodhisattva Śvetaketu (dam pa tog dkar po) and regent, prior to his birth in this world, and where all future buddhas dwell prior to their awakening. At present the regent of Tuṣita is the bodhisattva Maitreya, the future buddha.
- Joyous Heaven
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Abode of Tuṣita
- དགའ་ལྡན་གྱི་གནས།
- dga’ ldan gyi gnas
- tuṣitabhavana
One of the heavens of Buddhist cosmology, counted among the six heavens of the desire realm, it is home of future Buddha Maitreya.
- Heaven of the Contented
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- Joyous Realm
- དགའ་ལྡན།
- dga’ ldan
- tuṣita
- realm of the Tuṣita gods
- དགའ་ལྡན་གནས།
- dga’ ldan gnas