1. Hells (Sk: naraka, Jp: jigoku 地獄)
People in Hells; the lowest and worst realm, wracked by torture and characterized by aggression.
2. Hungry ghosts (Sk: preta, Jp: gaki 餓鬼)
Hungry Spirits, Hungry Ghosts; the realm of hungry spirits; characterized by great craving and eternal starvation.
3. Animals (Sk: tiryasyoni, Jp: chikushou 畜生)
Animals and Livestock; the realm of animals and livestock, characterized by stupidity and servitude.
4. Bellicose demons (Sk: asura, Jp: ashura 阿修羅)
The realm of anger, jealousy, and constant war; the Asura (Ashura) are demigods, semi-blessed beings; they are powerful, fierce and quarrelsome; like humans, they are partly good and partly evil.
5. Humans (Sk: manusya, Jp: jin 人)
The human realm; beings who are both good and evil; enlightenment is within their grasp, yet most are blinded and consumed by their desires.
6. Heavenly beings (Sk: deva, Jp: ten 天)
The realm of heavenly beings filled with pleasure; the deva hold godlike powers; some reign over celestial kingdoms; most live in delightful happiness and splendor; they live for countless ages, but even the Deva belong to the world of suffering (samsara) -- for their powers blind them to the world of suffering and fill them with pride -- and thus even the Deva grow old and die; some say that because their pleasure is greatest, so too is their misery.