【英汉对照佛学词典】

十界


"ten realms." (1) The five organs of eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin together with their five objects of form, sound, odor, taste and tactile objects. da/sa-dha^tavah (2) Ten divisions of the unenlightened and enlightened worlds, according to level. These are the realms of: hell-being 地狱, hungry ghost 饿鬼, animal 畜生, asura 阿修罗, human 人间, god 天上, /sra^vaka 声闻, pratyekabuddha 缘觉, bodhisattva 菩萨 and Buddha 佛. The six realms from hell-being to god are the unenlightened realms and the four from /sra^vaka to Buddha are enlightened. They are also classified as the first three being the result of evil karma, the next three the result of good karma, the next two as Hi^naya^na rewards and the final two as Maha^ya^na rewards. Also written 十法界.