檢視 Human beings 人道眾生的原始碼

[[Image:Human_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the human realm from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]]
'''Human beings''' (Tib. & Wyl. ''mi'') are only one of the [[six classes of beings]] according to Buddhism. Humans dwell on either of the [[four continents]] that surround [[Mount Meru]], such as our world of [[Jambudvipa]], and on their respective two [[eight subcontinents|subcontinents]].<ref>Apart from the [[Chamara]] subcontinent of Jambudvipa, which is inhabited by [[rakshasa]] demons.</ref> Beings on each of these four continents remain unseen from each other and have slightly different physical characteristics and life-spans.

[[Jamgön Kongtrul]] writes:
:The Tibetan term for human, ''mi'', principally implies mental capacity or aptitude and is derived from the [Sanskrit] ''manuṣya'', which denotes aptitude or discernment.<ref>[[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé]], ''Myriad Worlds'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), page 113.</ref>

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