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Tuṣita

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A heaven of contentment in Buddhist cosmography, often the Bodhisattva’s waiting-place. Not Sukhāvatī as Amitābha’s land, and not Trayastriṃśa under a forced merge.

Also known as Tusita · Tushita

Buddhist traditions

  • Tuṣita appears in Buddhist traditions.

    Watson’s Lotus Sūtra names Tuṣita among the heavens of Buddhist cosmography in assembly and lifespan speech. Tuṣita in that sūtra, not Sukhāvatī as Amitābha’s land and not a generic heaven dump.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)

    Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.