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Paro Dzong: Buddhist Cosmology |
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Paro Dzong: Buddhist Cosmology |
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Paro Dzong: Buddhist Cosmology |
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Paro Dzong: Buddhist Cosmology |
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Paro Dzong: Buddhist Cosmology |
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Paro Dzong: Buddhist Cosmology
BHUTAN, Paro; 19th–20th century
This mural in Paro Dzong depicts the cosmological system described in the Abhidharmakosa. According to the scripture, there are infinite world systems. A thousand world systems form a small-thousand;" a thousand "small-thousand" world systems form a "medium-thousand;" and a thousand "medium-thousand" world systems form a "large-thousand." The union of a "small-thousand |