ཤས་པས་ཐམས་ཅད་མཐར་ཕྱན་པར་གྲབ་པའ་མཆད་རྟན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས notes.16

notes.16

16. The term “pure abodes” (Skt. śuddhāvāsa; Tib. gtsang ris) typically refers to the five highest heavens in the form realm (Skt. rūpadhātu; Tib. gzugs khams). Here, however, the term appears to refer to a different set of heavens: the Sahā world, which is our own world, located at the base of Mount Meru and presided over by Brahmā; the Heaven of the Four Great Kings (Skt. Cātur­mahā­rājakāyika; Tib. rgyal chen rigs bzhi pa), located on the slopes of Mount Meru and presided over by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Virūḍhaka, Virūpākṣa, and Vaiśravaṇa; and the Heaven of Thirty-Three (Skt. Trāyastriṃśa; Tib. sum cu rtsa gsum pa), located on the summit of Mount Meru and presided over by Śakra/Indra. The phrase “including” (Tib. la sogs pa) may indicate that gods from heavens higher than these are present as well.