Definition

1. Noun (Buddhist Philosophy):
   • The World of Appearances / The Realm of Form: In Buddhist cosmology, "sắc giới" refers to the material or form realm, a plane of existence where beings possess refined material bodies and are free from coarse sensual desires but are still bound by form and subtle attachments. It is above the desire realm ("dục giới") and below the formless realm ("vô sắc giới").

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Theo Phật giáo, các vị Phật và Bồ Tát có thể thị hiện trong sắc giới. (According to Buddhism, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can manifest in the Realm of Form.)
  • Thiền định có thể giúp hành giả tái sinh vào sắc giới. (Meditation can help practitioners be reborn into the World of Appearances.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sắc giới thiên": The heavens of the form realm. This refers specifically to the divine abodes within the material realm.
  • Có mười bảy tầng trời thuộc sắc giới thiên. (There are seventeen heavenly levels belonging to the heavens of the form realm.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dục giới (n): The desire realm; the world of sensual desires where beings are driven by passions.
• Vô sắc giới (n): The formless realm; an immaterial plane of existence beyond physical form.

Synonyms

• The Form Realm: The domain of subtle materiality.
• The Material World (in a specific Buddhist sense): The world of refined form, distinct from the ordinary physical world.

Related Concepts

• Tam giới: The Three Realms (of existence) in Buddhism, comprising the desire realm ("dục giới"), the form realm ("sắc giới"), and the formless realm ("vô sắc giới").
  • Giáo lý về tam giới là một phần quan trọng của Phật giáo. (The teaching of the Three Realms is an important part of Buddhism.)

1. The World of Appearances