Tuṣita (Sanskrit) or Tusita (Pāli) is one of the six deva-worlds of the Desire Realm (Kāmadhātu), located between the Yāma heaven and the Nirmāṇarati...

time tradition says that he often visited Tuṣita to receive teachings from the Maitreya. Heavens such as Tuṣita are said to be accessible through meditation...

in the deva realm of Tuṣita. Some Buddhist scriptures have noted that Maitreya is currently teaching at the Inner Court of Tuṣita. Some Buddhist Masters...

center of Tuṣita Heaven (Pāli: Tusita). Gautama Buddha also lived here before he was born into the world as all bodhisattvas live in the Tuṣita Heaven before...

Buddhist tradition, the Buddha-to-be was residing as a bodhisattva in the Tuṣita heaven, and decided to take the shape of a white elephant to be reborn on...

surrounding Gautama's birth, such as the bodhisattva's descent from the Tuṣita Heaven into his mother's womb. The sources which present a complete picture...

devas, luxurious devas to whom Māra belongs; The Nirmāṇarati devas; The Tuṣita devas, among whom the future Maitreya lives (they are also referred to as...

life in Tuṣita heaven. The Pali text focuses on how the bodhisattva was endowed with mindfulness and clear comprehension while living in Tuṣita, while...

then recounts how he used his meditative powers (siddhis) to travel to Tuṣita Heaven to receive teachings from Maitreya Bodhisattva on emptiness, and...

Seven days after the birth of Buddha, Maya died and was reborn in the Tuṣita heaven. Maya's sister and Buddha's foster-mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, later...

tall and live for 2,304,000,000 years (Sarvāstivāda tradition). Tuṣita (Pali: Tusita) The world of the "joyful" devas, it is best known for being the...

Twelve Nidānas. At 42 years of age, Buddha spent a summer retreat in the Tuṣita Heaven, where his mother had taken rebirth. In order to repay her kindness...

that those who uphold the sutra will be reborn in the Trāyastriṃśa and Tuṣita heavens. He also says that those who uphold this sutra will have many good...

Tibetan illustration of Asaṅga receiving the AA from Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven....

Rinpoché, H.E.C.; Coghlan, I.; Zarpani, V. (2012). Hundreds of Deities of Tusita: Commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga, Translated from Tibetan. Dga'...

and various heaven realms where the devas live (such as Tavatimsa and Tusita). Rūpa-bhava, the plane of form. The realms in this plane are associated...

Maitreya: The Lord replied, 'Maitreya, the best of men, will then leave the Tuṣita heavens and go for his last rebirth. As soon as he is born he will walk...

tradition). The height of this world is 640 yojanas above the Earth. Tuṣita तुषित or Tusita तुसित (Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན་, Wylie: dga' ldan; Vietnamese: Trời Đâu...

Traiphum indicating all realms of existence, middle for Tavatimsa, the Tusita Heaven where all desires are gratified, and the top denoting Devaphum indicating...

Mount Potala, the Copper-Colored Mountain (Wylie: Zangs-mdog dpal-ri), and Tuṣita; the most popular in Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Buddhism is Sukhavati...

typically subdivided into six sub-realms (Catummaharajika, Tavatimsa, Yama, Tusita, Nimmaranati, Paranimmarati Vasavatti). A rebirth in this heavenly realm...

ldan rmam rgyal gling). Ganden means "joyful" and is the Tibetan name for Tuṣita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling...

mental image of the Bodhisattva (and presumed future Buddha) Maitreya in Tusita heaven. A biography the Chinese Yogācāra master and translator Xuanzang...

Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines"; 道行般若經) T280. The Scripture on the Tusita Heaven (佛說兜沙經.), part of the proto-Avatamsaka Sutra T313. Akṣobhya-vyūha...

descend to meet the Buddha. The Buddha's mother, Maya, was reborn in the Tusita Heaven, and came down to visit Trāyastriṃśa heaven where her son taught...

which she foresaw the descent of the Bodhisattva (Buddha-to-be) from the Tuṣita heaven into her womb. This story has some parallels with the story of Jesus...

Scriptures: The Lord replied, 'Maitreya, the best of men, will then leave the Tuṣita heavens, and go for his last rebirth. As soon as he is born he will walk...

city of ancient India. Sankassa: Place of the descending to earth from Tusita heaven (after a stay of three months teaching his mother the Abhidhamma)...

achieves his aim." She is said, in Buddhist scriptures, to have been reborn in Tusita, where her son later visited her, paid respects and taught the dharma to...

monarch passes away and is immediately reborn in the heavenly realm of Tusita. A common folk tale surrounding the death of King Dutugemunu is that as...