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**xT0U3UGh** · 01-02-2011, 04:23 AM

Buddhist cosmology mentions Mount Meru from DN 32.

I think Mount Meru was considered to be the centre of the universe surrounded by a flat earth, so I wondered if the Buddha was talking about a mythical place, or a place that was actually thought to exist somewhere on the earth at that time.

01-02-2011, 04:23 AM	#3
xT0U3UGh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Buddhist cosmology mentions Mount Meru from DN 32. I think Mount Meru was considered to be the centre of the universe surrounded by a flat earth, so I wondered if the Buddha was talking about a mythical place, or a place that was actually thought to exist somewhere on the earth at that time.
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