ACCORDING TO THE LOAD BUDDHA.....THE WORD 'LOKA' MEANS THE 'WORLD', DENOTES THE THREE SPHERES OF EXISTENCE COMPRISING THE WHOLE UNIVERSE,
1) THE SENSUOUS WORLD (KAMA LOKA), OR THE WORLD OF THE FIVE SENSES
2) THE FINE-MATERIAL WORLD (RUPA LOKA), CORRESPONDING TO THE FOUR FINE-MATERIAL ABSORPTIONS
3) THE IMMATERIAL WORLD (ARUPA LOKA),CORRESPONDING TO THE FOUR IMMATERIAL ABSORPTION
AND THE SENSUOUS WORLD COMPRISES THE HELLS(NIRAYA), THE ANIMAL KINGDOM( THIRACHCHINA -YONI) THE GHOST-REALM (PETHA LOKA) THE DEMON WORLD (ASURA-NIKAYA) THE HUMAN WORLD (MANUSSA LOKA) AND THE SIX LOWER CELESTIAL WORLDS (DEVA I )(FOR DEITIES)
IN THE FINE MATERIAL WORLD (DEVA II) STILL EXIST THE FACULTIES OF SEEING AND HEARING,WHICH ,TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER SENSE FACULTIES, ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED IN THE FOUR ABSORPTIONS.
IN THE IMMATERIAL WORLD (DEVA III) THERE IS NO CORPOREALITY WHAT SO EVER, ONLY THE FOUR MENTAL GROUPS (KHANDHA) EXIST THEIR.
THOUGH THE TERM LOKA IS NOT APPLIED IN THE SUTTAS TO THOSE THREE WORLDS, BUT ONLY THE TERM 'BHAVA'(EXISTENCE)
YES I BELIEVE BUT NOT THE UGLY ALIENS THAT IN THE SCIENTIFIC FICTIONS......THERE ARE UNCOUNTABLE GALAXIES AND UNCOUNTABLE LIVING BEINGS IN THIS ETERNAL UNIVERSE.
IF YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THEM JUST REFER THE AGGANGNA SUTHRA OF 'DHEEGA NIKAYA'(ONE OF THE SUTHRAS OF LOAD BUDDHA). IT EXPLAINS HOW THIS WORLD WAS CREATED AND HOW THE LIVING BEINGS CAME TO THIS EARTH AND MANY MORE ABOUT PLANETS AND GALAXIES TOO.
AMERICAN 'NASA INSTITUTE' HAS SEND SOME RADIO MESSAGES TO THE UNIVERSE TO GET A REPLY FROM ALIENS USING 'SINHALA AND PALI LANGUAGES EXCEPT ENGLISH'
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