THE WORDS OF THE BUDDHA — VOLUME 11

The Realms of Existence

Name: The Realms of Existence
Author: David Roylance

By David Roylance

The Realms of Existence — Volume 11 of The Words of The Buddha

Teachings directly from The Buddha exploring the realms of existence, The Cycle of Rebirth, and guidance for developing wisdom on The Path to Enlightenment.

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Chapter	Title
Begin Here	Before You Begin	Read Chapter ➜
Note	Note from Author	Read Chapter ➜
Preface	The Realms of Existence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 1	Existence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 2	The Production of Renewed Existence (First Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 3	The Production of Renewed Existence (Second Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 4	The Conduit to Existence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 5	The Production of Future Renewed Existence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 6	Stations of Consciousness (First Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 7	Stations of Consciousness (Second Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 8	A Small Amount of Existence is Not Praiseworthy	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 9	One Called a Being	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 10	Craving is the Fuel of Rebirth	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 11	Four Kinds of Generation	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 12	Nine Abodes of Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 13	Five Destinations and Similes of Destination	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 14	Ten Courses of Unwholesome Kamma (Deposited in Hell)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 15	Dangers to One of Unwholesome Morality	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 16	Crooked Destination and Rebirth	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 17	Leading to Hell, to the Animal Realm, and to the Realm of Afflicted Spirits	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 18	The Unwise Person’s Unhappy Destination	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 19	To Be Reborn in the ‘Hell of Laughter’	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 20	To Be Reborn in the ‘Battle‑Slain Hell’	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 21	Doomed to Deprivation in Hell for an Eon	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 22	Simile for the Suffering in Hell	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 23	Many Kinds of Tortures Inflicted on Those Who Do Evil Unwholesome Actions	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 24	Simile of the Life Span in Hell	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 25	The Hell Named ‘The Great Conflagration’	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 26	The Hell Named ‘The Contact’s Sixfold Base’	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 27	The Suffering of Bondage	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 28	Few in Hell to Be Reborn Among Human Beings or Heavenly Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 29	Other Darkness Greater Than the Blinding Darkness in the World of Dreadful Regions	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 30	To Reappear in the Company of Animals	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 31	The Serpents	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 32	Four Modes of Generation of Nāgas	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 33	Nāgas Cause and Reason for Observing the Uposatha	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 34	To Be Reborn in the Company of Egg‑Born Nāgas (First Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 35	To Be Reborn in the Company of Egg‑Born Nāgas (Second Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 36	Four Modes of Generation of Supaṇṇas	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 37	To Be Reborn in the Company of Egg-Born Supaṇṇas (First Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 38	To Be Reborn in the Company of Egg-Born Supaṇṇas (Second Discourse)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 39	To Reappear in the Company of Dogs To Reappear in the Company of Oxen	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 40	The Vast Plane of Misery	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 41	Terrible and Harsh Prison of Hell and Prison of Animal Realm	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 42	Few Animals Are Reborn Among Human Beings or Heavenly Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 43	Hungry Ghosts (Afflicted Spirits)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 44	Few Afflicted Spirits Are Reborn Among Human Beings or Heavenly Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 45	Ten Courses of Wholesome Kamma (Deposited in Heaven)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 46	Five Advantages to One of Wholesome Morality and of Success in Morality	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 47	One is Reborn through One’s Deeds	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 48	Three Surpassing Respects of Jambudīpa People	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 49	Birth is the Origin of Discontentedness The Union of Three Things	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 50	How Is One Developed in the Womb?	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 51	Consciousness Conditions Name-and-Form	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 52	Union and Disengagement Concerning Femininity and Masculinity	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 53	Why Human Beings Are Seen to Be Unwholesome and Wholesome?	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 54	Duty of a Noble Wheel-Turning Monarch	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 55	Beings Bound by Action	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 56	The Path Leading to Reappearance in Accordance With One’s Objective	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 57	‘On Knowledge of Beginnings’	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 58	Causes of a Decrease in People’s Lifespan	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 59	Become Unrighteous	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 60	Reasons for Depopulation	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 61	Cause of Ill Will	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 62	One Frightened and Terrified of Death One Not Frightened and Terrified of Death	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 63	Rare That One Obtains the Human State	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 64	Few Reborn Among Human or Heavenly Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 65	The Three Surpassing Respects of the Heavenly Beings (Tāvatiṃsa)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 66	By Reason of Righteous Conduct	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 67	Why Is One Gift Not of Great Fruit and Benefit While the Other Is?	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 68	Having Fulfilled and Not Having Fulfilled One’s Duty Towards The Ascetics (Ordained Practitioners)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 69	Reappearance in Accordance with One’s Objectives	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 70	Eight Kinds of Rebirth on Account of Giving	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 71	Three Bases of Meritorious Activity	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 72	The Generous One Would Surpass the Other	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 73	A Simile Describing the Happiness of Heaven	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 74	Great Fruit and Benefit of the Noble Ones’ Uposatha Observance	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 75	The Heavenly Beings of the Gandhabba Order	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 76	To Be Reborn in the Company of the Heavenly Beings of the Gandhabba Order	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 77	To Be Reborn in the Company of the Heavenly Beings Who Reside in Fragrant Roots	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 78	The Heavenly Beings of the Cloud‑Residing Order	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 79	To Be Reborn in the Company of the Heavenly Beings of the Cloud‑Residing Order	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 80	The Agreeable‑Bodied Heavenly Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 81	Where Heavenly Beings Take Up Lodging	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 82	Seven Vows for Achieving the Status of ‘Ruler of the Heavenly Beings’	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 83	Offering for the Heavenly Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 84	The Supreme Honor and Respect	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 85	The Path to the Company of Brahmā (The Brahmā-vihāras)	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 86	The Difference Between the Instructed Noble Disciple and Uninstructed Worldling	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 87	Rebirth of One Reflecting on Impermanence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 88	The Future Destination of the Instructed Noble Disciple Filled with The Brahmā-vihāras Versus the Uninstructed Worldlings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 89	Rebirth of a Person Cultivating The Brahmā-vihāras and Reflecting on Impermanence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 90	The Distinction Between the Instructed Noble Disciple with Formless Attainments and the Uninstructed Worldling	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 91	Fruits from Residing in Formless Perceptions and Considering Impermanence	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 92	The Heavenly Beings of the Pure Abodes	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 93	The Heavenly Beings from Ten World‑Systems Coming to See The Tathāgata and His Order of Monks	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 94	Once the Heavenly Beings and the Asuras Were Arrayed for Battle	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 95	Gender of Five Beings	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 96	Four Observable Benefits for One Who Learned The Teachings by Ear	Read Chapter ➜
Chapter 97	The Heaven Named ‘Contact’s Sixfold Base’	Read Chapter ➜