Desire sphere
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desire sphere or world (kamadhatu, yu-jie): The material and lowest of the three spheres of the universe (samsara). It is so named because beings therein are characterized by gaining pleasure from sensual experience such as seeing objects, hearing sounds, and so forth. The sphere of desire where sexual and other forms of desire predominate. Within this sphere are the hell realms, the animal realm, the preta or hungry ghost realm, the human realm, the asura realm, and the first six levels of the heavenly realms. The Paranirmita Heaven or sixth heaven, the abode of Mara, is the highest heaven in the material sphere.
