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Six Paths of Rebirth
CH liu dao lun hui 六道輪迴, liu qu 六趣
REF SS V 135; HD 83; TD 39-54; VBS
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The Six Paths of Rebirth are: 1) gods, 2) humans, 3) asuras, 4) animals, 5) ghosts, and 6) hell-dwellers.
The Six Paths of Rebirth, also called the Six Destinies, refer to the six categories of living beings who are not enlightened. The particular category that one finds oneself reborn in depends upon one's karma at the time of rebirth (KARMA, REBIRTH).
The Six Paths of Rebirth are part of the Ten Dharma Realms.
ALTERNATE TRANSLATIONS: six destinies, six courses of existence
SEE ALSO: Ten Dharma Realms, the entries for the individual destinies
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