Did you know? Filipinos believes that after the death of a person, their soul will not immediately ascend to heaven nor descend down to hell. But instead, the soul of the dead will remain in our world for 40 days. That's when their soul heads to, one of the six realms of Samsara.
Gods realm: the gods (devas) is the most pleasure-filled among the six realms, and typically subdivided into twenty six sub-realms. A rebirth in this heavenly realm is believed to be from very good karma accumulation. A Deva does not need to work, and is able to enjoy in the heavenly realm all pleasures found on earth. However, the pleasures of this realm lead to attachment (Upādāna), lack of spiritual pursuits and therefore no nirvana. The vast majority of Buddhist lay people, states Kevin Trainor, have historic
