Tosotsuten

Japanese: 兜率天 - とそつてん
Tosotsuten

One of the heavens in the Buddhist worldview. It is a transliteration of the Sanskrit Tuita, and is also written as Tosatsu or Toshita. The free translation is Kisoku (meaning that the gods are satisfied there). It is located in the sky above Mount Sumeru, in the Yama Heaven, and is considered one of the six heavens in the world of desire (Rokuyokuten), where beautiful landscapes, celestial maidens, and children exist. This heaven is famous as a place where bodhisattvas (future Buddhas) wait to descend to the lower world, and it is said that Shaka has already descended there, and Maitreya is currently waiting. As faith in Maitreya developed, the idea of ​​rebirth in Tushita Heaven arose, and the question of whether this was superior to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha was contested, but the fact that Tushita Heaven is a world within the realm of desire was attacked.

[Akira Sadakata]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

仏教世界観における天界の一つ。サンスクリット語トゥシタTuitaの音訳で、都率、都史多(とした)などとも書く。意訳は喜足(きそく)(そこでは神々が満足しているの意)。須弥山(しゅみせん)の上空、夜摩(やま)天の上にあるが、欲界の6種の天(六欲天)の一つとされ、美しい風景や天女や子供が存在する。この天は、下界に降(くだ)る菩薩(ぼさつ)(未来の仏)が待機する場所として有名で、すでに釈迦(しゃか)が降下し、いま弥勒(みろく)が待機中であるという。弥勒信仰の発展とともに、兜率天に生まれ変わることを願う兜率往生(おうじょう)の思想が生じ、阿弥陀仏(あみだぶつ)の極楽浄土(ごくらくじょうど)への往生との優劣が争われたが、兜率天が欲界中の世界である点が攻撃された。

[定方 晟]

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