Heaven
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Heaven is a spiritual or transcendent realm in many religions and belief systems, often depicted as the ultimate place of divine presence, peace, and reward after death.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heaven canonical | 28 |
| Heaven's | 2 |
| Paradise | 2 |
| Abraham’s bosom | 1 |
| Church in heaven | 1 |
| Elysian Fields | 1 |
| Heaven (Tian) | 1 |
| New Heaven | 1 |
| heaven below Nimmānaratī Heaven | 1 |
| the throne of God | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife realm
ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ spiritual realm ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baha'i Faith
ⓘ
surface form:
Baháʼí Faith
Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ ancient Greek religion ⓘ ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
absence of suffering in many doctrines
ⓘ
eternal life for the righteous in many traditions ⓘ perfect happiness in many doctrines ⓘ presence of God in many theistic religions ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Hell
ⓘ
purgatory ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| describedAs |
place of peace
ⓘ
place of reward after death ⓘ ultimate place of divine presence ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Bible
ⓘ
Buddhist sutras ⓘ Hindu scriptures ⓘ Quran ⓘ Talmud ⓘ
surface form:
Talmudic literature
Avesta ⓘ
surface form:
Zoroastrian Avesta
|
| hasAspect |
highest heaven as dwelling of supreme deity in some systems
ⓘ
multiple heavens in some cosmologies ⓘ paradise in Abrahamic religions ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
eschatology
ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Elysium
ⓘ
Kingdom of God ⓘ Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ nirvana ⓘ
surface form:
Nirvana
Paradise ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine order
ⓘ
eternity ⓘ salvation ⓘ ultimate good ⓘ |
| viewedAs |
goal of spiritual journey in many traditions
ⓘ
reward for moral or faithful life in many religions ⓘ state of union with the divine in some philosophies ⓘ transcendent dimension beyond physical world ⓘ |
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Elysian Fields
this entity surface form:
the throne of God
this entity surface form:
New Heaven
subject surface form:
Divine Comedy
this entity surface form:
Paradise
this entity surface form:
Church in heaven
this entity surface form:
Paradise
this entity surface form:
Heaven (Tian)
this entity surface form:
Abraham’s bosom
this entity surface form:
Heaven's
this entity surface form:
Heaven's
this entity surface form:
heaven below Nimmānaratī Heaven