The Three Realms of Existence

What are the three realms of existence in early Buddhism? We'll begin by looking at the way early thinkers sometimes had odd ways of approaching the world. Then we'll turn to the early Buddhist account of the three realms themselves, and how they relate to certain states of mind. Finally we'll turn to how we can view these states as metaphorical for ways of being in this very life.

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Books:

Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Great Discourse on Causation https://amzn.to/2LqJUgb
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Majjhima Nikāya (intro, pp. 46-48) https://amzn.to/2CkzRXb
Richard Gombrich, What the Buddha Thought https://amzn.to/2Br4QiC
Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli (trans.) The Guide (Nettippakarana) https://amzn.to/2Bqct8V

Suttas:

The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar (MN 12.35-36): https://suttacentral.net/mn12/en/bodhi
The Dog-Duty Ascetic (MN 57): https://suttacentral.net/mn57/en/bodhi
The Brahmins of Sālā (MN 41): https://suttacentral.net/mn41/en/bodhi
With Subha (MN 99) https://suttacentral.net/mn99/en/sujato
Many Elements (MN 115.8): https://suttacentral.net/mn115/en/sujato
The Great Discourse on Causation (DN 15): https://suttacentral.net/dn15/en/bodhi
Reciting in Concert (DN 33): https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato
Up to Ten (DN 34): https://suttacentral.net/dn34/en/sujato

Papers:

Analayo, Bahudhātuka Sutta https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/bahudhatuka.pdf
Piya Tan, The Stations of Consciousness http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/23.14-Vinnanatthiti-piya.pdf

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