Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It consists of a temporal and a spatial cosmology.

Buddhist cosmology describes a universe consisting of an inconceivable number of world-systems (lokadhātu) which come into being, exist for a while and eventually decay — in an unending cycle of …

Buddhist cosmology can be divided into two related kinds: spatial cosmology, which describes the arrangement of the various worlds within the universe; and temporal cosmology, which describes …

Some major innovations of Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism were cast in explicitly cosmological terms. Such important cosmological statements appear not only in scriptures and treatises but also …

The Buddhist abhidharma (special topics of knowledge) and Kalachakra (cycles of time) literatures provide two distinct presentations of cosmology, each for a different purpose.

May 28, 2022 · Take a tour of the Buddhist universe or "cosmology" and learn what it means to Buddhist laypersons in their daily practice.

40 Gal).da, 140 7. The Buddha and the Cosmos The Lotus Repository World 144 Vairocana and the Multiplicity of Buddhas The C. sm. c Vairocana 154 8. Changes in the Conception of Hell Varna 159 …