84000 Glossary of Terms

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འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་མིན་གྱི་སེམས་ཅན། | Glossary of Terms

  • འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་མིན་གྱི་སེམས་ཅན།

  • ’du shes med ’du shes med min gyi sems can
  • naiva­saṃjñānāsaṃjñā­sattva
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  • beings with neither perception nor nonperception
  • འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་མིན་གྱི་སེམས་ཅན།
  • ’du shes med ’du shes med min gyi sems can
  • naiva­saṃjñānāsaṃjñā­sattva
Definition in this text:

This refers to the category of beings abiding in the fourth and highest level of the formless realm. These are either the gods that abide there or persons who have reached this state though meditative equipoise. This state is also referred to as the “peak of existence” (bhavāgra; srid rtse) and is located at the apex of saṃsāra. Abiding there, such beings do not experience perceptions and yet cannot be said to be without perceptions.