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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm
religious concept
spiritual realm
associatedWith 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
Talmudic literature
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
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


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