Pūrvavideha

Pūrvavideha (T. lus 'phags po ཤར་གྱི་ལུས་འཕགས་; C. dong shengshen zhou 東勝身洲; Eng. 'Surpassing the Body') is one of the four continents. It lies to the East of Mount Meru; it is semi-circular in shape and white in color.

"The eastern continent is full of mountains of diamonds, lapis lazuli, sapphires, emeralds, pearls, gold and silver, crystals, and other precious minerals."

Human beings who live there are twice as tall as us and have semi-circular faces; peaceful and vegetarian, they enjoy long and pleasurable lives (250 years) but devoid of any true Dharma.

Purvavideha has two subcontinents on either side:

• Deha (T. lus) and
• Videha (T. lus 'phags)

Sources

• Dudjom Rinpoche (2011), A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala 
• Jigme Lingpa; Kangyur Rinpoche (2010), Treasury of Precious Qualities, Book One, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Boston: Shambhala Publications