The Realms Concept Related with Naruto Manga 429

1)The First Six Spiritual Realms are known variously as



    The Saha World - the world that must be ‘endured’


    Samsara - the ‘wandering’ or transmigration


    ‘Life & Death’, or ‘Birth & Death’ - The realm of mortal self-existence


    The Wheel of Good & Evil, the cycle of karma & retribution


    The Threefold Realm of desire, form & formlessness


    The 25 States of Existence



It is the realm in which ordinary human existence is said to wander through the countless cycles of Life & Death from the lowest hell (Avici - the unrelenting Hell) to the highest heaven (Akanistha - the ultimate peak of Heaven). In being viewed as six spiritual realms, they are divided into three realms of evil and three realms of good:



The Three Realms of Evil



The Great Calm-Observation says:
"The mind that breaks the precepts of morality falls into hell,
The stingy and selfish mind falls into demonic hunger,
and the unrepentant mind falls into brutality."



1. Hell - (S. Naraka-gati) Hell is suffering. It is pain, imprisonment and the hopelessness of escape. Hell is the result of the three poisons - greed, anger, and stupidity. Hell especially refers to the moral sufferings that are caused by sin (karmic causes of evil) and the breaking of the precepts (commandments or rules of moral conduct). The teaching of the eight hells1 describes these moral hells in reference to the violation of moral precepts.



2. Brutality - (Tiryagyoni-gati) The animal realm - This refers to shameless, naked aggression, cruelty, and the dog-eat-dog law of the jungle. It is Darwinism, the pitiless survival of the fittest. One has no remorse or shame as one inflicts pain and suffering on others. It involves the naked selfishness of ‘me and mine’, ego and possession.



3. Hunger - (S. Preta-gati) The realm of hungry ghosts - lost, wandering spirits. This refers to insatiable desire, greed, craving and addiction. These cravings are often concealed or denied, and so falsehood and deception are components of this realm. It is also associated with obsession and compulsion.



The Three Good Roads:



The Great Calm-Observation says:
“First one takes refuge in the precepts of morality, rejecting falsehood and facing the truth. One calms the fire, the blood, & the sword2, and reaches the three good paths”.



4. Asuras - (Asura-gati) The forces of one’s personal demons - This refers to forces of competitiveness and the assertiveness of egos, which are always fighting for advantage. This includes the components of ambition, jealousy, envy, doubt, and the need to be better than others. The Great Calm-Observation says:
“Always desiring to be superior to others, having no patience for inferiors and belittling strangers; like a hawk, flying high above and looking down on others, and yet outwardly displaying justice, worship, wisdom, and faith - this is raising up the lowest order of good and walking the way of the Asuras.”



5. Humans - (Manusya-gati) The realm of human beings. Having the components of benign personality, a sense of humor, and the indulging in small conceits. It entails being fair with others in the give and take of material things, and not taking from others unless things are freely given. It entails yielding and deferring to benevolence and righteousness. Human beings are tamed and ruled by their leaders (the Wheel Turning Kings - Cakravartins), those who make and enforce their laws. The Great Calm-Observation says:
“Rejoicing in worldly pleasures, relaxed in the fragrance of the body and pleased by the foolishness of the mind - this is raising up the intermediate order of good and walking the way of Human Beings".



6. The Gods - (Deva-gati) Heaven - The mastery of desire and the self, joy and contentment, and the progressively deeper states of meditation - The Great Calm-Observation says:
“Recognizing that there is so much suffering from the three evil roads, that sufferings and pleasures are intermingled among humanity, and that in heaven above there is a simple happiness; and that to enjoy heaven, the gateways of the six sense faculties must not be left unguarded and the dusts of the five sensations must not be entered into3. This is raising up of the highest order of the good mind and walking the way of the Gods.”



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2)The Threefold Realm



Wandering through the cycles of Life & Death occurs in what is called The Threefold Realm, which consists of:



    1. The Realm of Desire (kama-dhatu)

    2. The Realm of Form (rupa-dhatu)

    3. The Realm of Formlessness (arupa-dhatu)




This is the realm of self-existence and, since the self is impermanent, it is the realm of mortality. The self is born into this world and must see after its survival, needs and desires. Its greatest fear is death, which is inevitable. It also fears pain and suffering. The most basic needs must be satisfied first, after which there is a progression of ever more refined needs and desires.



Ø The lower spiritual realms are more heavily adulterated with sin (karmic causes of evil), suffering (evil effects) and coarse attachments to sensory desire and all kinds of emotional distress (klesas).



Ø The higher realms of good are progressively lighter, more refined and freer as joy and contentment replace suffering and unfulfilled desire. Simply speaking, suffering and contentment are the rewards (retributions) for the karmas (causes) that are made.



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note:These are the actual Realms Concepts in the world, The theory behind the manga has some connection with the Real Realms Concepts...