ろくどう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ろくどう – see the following entry.
【六道】
[noun] (Buddhism) The six planes, realms, or domains of existence into which souls are reborn in the cycle of samsara:
[noun] 地獄道 (じごくどう, jigokudō): hell
[noun] 餓鬼道 (がきどう, gakidō): life in starvation (one of the Buddhist hells)
[noun] 畜生道 (ちくしょうどう, chikushōdō): life as a beast
[noun] 人間道 (にんげんどう, ningendō) / 人道 (にんどう, nindō): life as a human
[noun] 阿修羅道 (あしゅらどう, ashuradō): life as a demigod
[noun] 天上 (てんじょう, tenjō): heaven
(This term, ろくどう (rokudō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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