檢視 Preta 餓鬼道的原始碼

[[Image:Preta_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the preta realm from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]]
'''Preta''' (Skt.; Tib. [[ཡི་དྭགས་]], ''yi dak''; [[Wyl.]] ''yi dwags'') — one of the [[six classes of beings]]. Sometimes translated as 'hungry ghost'.

==Etymology==
The Sanskrit ''preta'' literally means 'departed'.

==Descriptions==

[[Chökyi Drakpa]] says: 

:"The preta realm is destitute of food and drink, creating hunger and thirst. It is a grim place of rocks and charred tree stumps, where the	words ‘food’, ‘drink’ or ‘comfort’ have never even been heard.... Since these pretas do	not find anything to eat or drink for months and years on end, their bodies	are emaciated like skeletons and they lack even	the strength to	stand.... The principal cause [for being reborn there] is being miserly or greedy for wealth and possessions."

[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] says in ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'':

:"[In a psychological sense, the hungry ghost realms] exist wherever people, though immensely rich, are never satisfied, craving to take over this company or that one, or endlessly playing out their greed in court cases."

==Subdivisions==
[[Patrul Rinpoche]] speaks of two types of preta: those who live collectively and those who move through space. The former are further divided into three: 1) those suffering from external obscurations, 2) those suffering from internal obscurations, and 3) those suffering from specific obscurations. The pretas who move through space, he says, include spirits such as the ''[[tsen]]'', ''[[gyalpo]]'', ''shindré'', ''[[jungpo]]'', ''[[mamo]]'', and ''[[theurang]]''.

==Alternative Translations==
*Anguished Spirits (Dorje & Coleman)
*Famished spirit
*Hungry ghost

[[Category:Classes of beings]]
[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]]
[[Category:Three Realms]]