Deities

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Deities in Buddhism can refer to:

  • the devas - the beings who reside within the god realms of Buddhist cosmology
  • deities used as objects of focus within Vajrayana visualization practices, such as deity yoga; these "deities" represent aspects of one's enlightened nature
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