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Content/Heavenly Biology.md
- As I recall, devas exist in realms of solid matter. Clearly, not exactly the same realm as our’s, but not entirely mind-made either.
- I’ve read that manomayakaya devas exclusively refer to Brahma beings. Yet they still reside in the rupaloka? What does rupa refer to if not matter?
- In any case, its clear that celestial matter is not as disjoint from the mind as it is here.
Sustenance
- sabbe sattA AhAraTThitikA: all beings subsist on food.
Excreta
- Feces and urine are some of the disgusting aspects of humanity.
- It doesn’t seem proper for devas to produce such matter.
- In that case, either their excreta would not be foul, or they would not emit any at all, only metabolic waste like the out-breath of human beings.
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