Six classes of beings
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six classes of beings (Skt. ṣaḍgati; T. 'gro ba rigs drug འགྲོ་བ་རིགས་དྲུག་; C. liuqu 六趣), a.k.a. "six destinies" (gati), are identified within the three realms of cyclic existence (samsara).
The six classes of beings are:
- Gods (deva)
- Jealous gods (asura)
- Humans (manuṣya)
- Animals (tiryak)
- Hungry ghosts (preta)
- Hell beings (nāraka)
Sentient beings (sattva) are born into a particular "class" or "destiny" based on the karma accumulated in previous lives.
The destinies/situations (gati) of these six classes of beings are sometimes referred to as "six domains," "six realms," etc.
Some texts present a system of five classes of beings (pañcagati), in which the jealous gods are included in the class of gods (deva).
External links
འགྲོ་བ་རིགས་དྲུག་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary- རིགས་དྲུག་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Six classes of beings, Rigpa Shedra Wiki