བསམ་གཏན་གཞི། | Glossary of Terms

The four progressive levels of concentration of the form realm that culminate in pure one-pointedness of mind and are the basis for developing insight. These are part of the nine serial absorptions. The formulas given at UT22084-029-001-1620 are the definitions or descriptions for each of the four.

Four levels of concentration conducive to birth within the form realm..

The four levels of concentration of beings residing in the form realm.

The four levels of existence and meditative concentration within the form realm.

The four levels of meditative concentration.

The four levels of concentration related to the form realm.

The four levels of meditative absorption of the beings of the form realms.

The four progressive levels of concentration of the form realm that culminate in pure one-pointedness of mind, and are a requirement for cultivation of the five or six types of higher knowledges, and so on. These are part of the nine gradual attainments.

The four levels of meditative absorption of the beings of the form realms.

The four progressive levels of concentration of the form realm that culminate in pure one-pointedness of mind, and are a requirement for cultivation of the five or six superknowledges, and so on. These are part of the nine gradual attainments.

The four progressive levels of concentration of the form realm that culminate in pure one-pointedness of mind, and are a requirement for cultivation of the five or six superknowledges, and so on. These are part of the nine gradual attainments.

The four progressive levels of concentration of the form realm that culminate in pure one-pointedness of mind, and are a requirement for cultivation of the five or six superknowledges, and so on. These are part of the nine gradual attainments.

The four levels of meditative concentration, corresponding to the four levels of the form realm.

The four levels of concentration related to the form realm.

The four levels of the realm of form.

The four progressive levels of concentration of the form realm that culminate in pure one-pointedness of mind and are the basis for developing insight. These are part of the nine serial absorptions.

Described in UT22084-026-001-1637-UT22084-026-001-1638. See also “meditative concentration.” The four meditative concentrations and their fruits are specifically examined in Jamgon Kongtrul, TOK Book 6, Pt. 2: pp. 427–36. For Pāli and Sanskrit sources, see Dayal (1932): pp. 225–31.

Described at length in UT22084-031-002-170. See also “meditative concentration.”

The four meditative concentrations and their fruits are specifically examined in Jamgon Kongtrul, TOK Book 6, Pt. 2: 427–436. For Pāli and Sanskrit sources, see Dayal (1932): 225–231.

The four levels of meditative concentration previously attained by beings who inhabit the heavens of the form realm. These are named “first” through “fourth” and each is described at length in Buddhist texts.

A standard classification of four increasingly refined meditative states found in Buddhist texts.

Also called “four concentrations” or “meditations,” or “practices of concentration,” in the Sūtrayāna tradition this term refers to the four concentrations of the form realm (gzugs khams kyi bsam gtan bzhi) (Rigzin 455).

The four levels of meditative absorption of form realm beings.