檢視 Universal monarch 的原始碼

A '''universal monarch''' (Skt. ''cakravartin'' or ''cakravartirāja''; Tib. [[འཁོར་ལོས་སྒྱུར་བའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་]], [[Wyl.]] '' 'khor los bsgyur ba'i rgyal po'') is someone who has the power to overcome, conquer and rule all inhabitants of a [[world|four-continent world system]]. In the Buddhist teachings this is considered an example of the most powerful rebirth possible within [[samsara]]. Rebirth as a universal monarch can occur only when the lifespan of the human beings of the four continent world system ranges from eighty thousand to a countless number of years. Universal monarchs are in possession of three sets of seven emblems:
#the [[seven precious emblems of royalty]],
#the seven secondary possessions, and
#the seven types of jewel insignia.

==Further Reading==
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''Myriad Worlds'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1995), pages 134-138. 
*Robert Beer, ''The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols'' (Boston: Shambhala, 2003), pages 36-48.

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