Editing Mount Meru (section)

== In Buddhism ==
{{Main|Buddhist cosmology|Mount Meru (Buddhism)}}

According to Buddhist cosmology, Mount Meru is at the centre of the world,<ref name="Beer">{{Cite book|author=Robert Beer|title=The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols|location=Boston|publisher=Shambhala|year=2003|pages=83–84|isbn=978-1590301005}}</ref> and [[Jambudvipa|Jambūdvīpa]] is south of it.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Mabbett |first=I. W. |date=1983 |title=The Symbolism of Mount Meru |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1062318 |journal=History of Religions |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=64–83 |issn=0018-2710}}</ref> It is 80,000 [[yojana]]s wide and 80,000 yojanas high according to the ''Abhidharmakośabhāṣyam''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Abhidharmakośabhāṣyam|author=Vasubandhu|location=Berkeley, California|publisher=Asian Humanities Press|date=1988–1990}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lionsroar.com/the-view-from-mount-meru/|title=The View from Mount Meru|website=Lions Roar|date=20 August 2013 |access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> and 84,000 yojanas high according to the ''Long Āgama Sutra''.<ref name="Nichiren">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/S/286|title=Mount Sumeru|website=Nichiren Buddhism Library|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> At the peak of Mount Meru is [[Trāyastriṃśa]], the realm where the ruler [[Śakra (Buddhism)|Śakra]] resides.<ref name=":0" /> The Sun and the Moon revolve around Mount Meru, and as the Sun passes behind it, it becomes nighttime. The mountain has four faces — each one made of a different material; the northern face is made of gold, the eastern one is made of crystal, the southern one is made of [[lapis lazuli]], and the western one is made of ruby.<ref name="Beer" />

In [[Vajrayāna]], [[mandala|maṇḍala]] offerings often include Mount Meru, as they in part represent the entire universe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/tantra/buddhist-tantra/what-is-a-mandala|title=What Is a Mandala?|website=studybuddhism.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thubtenchodron.org/PrayersAndPractices/preliminary_practice.htm|title=Preliminary practice (ngöndro) overview|date=September 2009 |access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> It is also believed that Mount Meru is the home of the [[buddhahood|Buddha]] [[Cakrasaṃvara Tantra|Cakrasaṃvara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khandro.net/deity_Chakrasamvara.htm |title=Heruka Chakrasamvara |publisher=Khandro.net |access-date=2012-03-02}}</ref>

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|File:Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru.jpg|Yuan dynasty 1271–1368) Chinese mandala depicting Mount Meru as an inverted pyramid topped by a lotus.
|File:BochumJahrhunderthalle_ChakrasamvaraMandala_03.JPG|[[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan]] [[Cakrasaṃvara Tantra|Cakrasaṃvara]] [[sand mandala]] with Mount Meru in the centre.
|File:Mtmerucosmology01.jpg|A mural depicting Mt. Meru, in Wat Sakhet, [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
|File:Tibetan or Chinese origin, 18th century embroidery Tibetan Buddhist art of Cosmic Mount Meru.jpg|Tibetan Buddhist embroidery representing Mount Sumeru.
|File:Top of Temple.jpg|[[Mahabodhi Temple|The Mahabodhi Temple]], a famous Buddhist temple at [[Bodh Gaya|Bodhgaya]], India, representing Mount Meru.
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