Gati

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Gati (Skt., Pāli, ‘mode of existence’). The various levels of existence in Buddhism, in which reappearance can take place through the process of karma and saṃsāra. There are six levels (three good, three bad), those of (i) gods (devas); (ii) humans; (iii) spirits (asuras); (iv) animals; (v) restless ghosts (pretas); (vi) hell beings (naraka).

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