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Video: Buddhist Cosmology: An Outline
Sequence of Topics:
1. Wheel of Life
2. Five Modes of Being
3. World System
4. Heavens: Desire, Form & Formless (Tushita)
5. Buddha Fields: Sutra
6. Deity Purelands: Tantra
7. Sacred Geography, Mountains & Hidden Lands
Mount Sumeru stands in the middle of a world system. The mountain has four distinct sides each composed of a single precious substance commonly said to be ruby, crystal, blue sapphire, etc. Surrounding the mountain are numerous rings or rectangular shaped of islands. Also in the four directions are four large continents each accompanied by two large islands. The southern continent, Jambudvipa
Mount Sumeru as explained in the Buddhist Abhidharma literature is at the center of a single Buddhist world system. One thousand of these world systems is known as a Small Universe. One thousand of these Small Universes equals One Medium Sized Universe. One Thousand of these Medium Sized Universes equals a large or Great Universe. According to this system there will be a total of one billion world systems that make up the contents of a Great Universe.
Jeff Watt 1-2025