ཤིན་ཏུ་མཐོང་། | Glossary of Terms

A class of gods who inhabit the fourth of the “pure abodes.”

Lit. “Those Who See Well.” The sixteenth of the seventeen heavens of the form realm; also the name of the gods living there. In the form realm, which is structured according to the four concentrations and pure abodes‍, or Śuddhāvāsa‍, it is listed as the fourth of the five Pure Abodes.

Fourth of the pure abodes, meaning “extreme insight.”

The second highest of the Śuddhāvāsa paradises, the highest paradises in the form realm.

The second highest of the seventeen paradises in the form realm, and therefore the second highest of the five Śuddhāvāsika (pure abode) paradises.

Sixteenth god realm of form, meaning “Great Vision,” it is the fourth of the five heavens that make up the “pure abodes.”

One of the gods’ realms; also used as the name of the gods living there; the city of Indra.

In the Sarvāstivāda tradition, this is the second highest of the Śuddhāvāsa paradises, the highest paradises in the form realm. In this sūtra it is the fourth highest.

One of the five pure abodes within the realm of form.

The sixteenth of the seventeen heavens of the form realm; also the name of the gods living there. In the form realm, which is structured according to the four concentrations and the pure realms, it is listed as the fourth of the five pure realms.

The second highest of the seventeen heavens in the form realm.

The fourth of five realms associated with the fourth concentration into which only noble beings are born.

One of the five pure abodes.

The third highest class of gods of the Pure Abodes (Śuddhāvāsa) in the world of form (rūpadhātu); non-returners and those who have mastered the fourth dhyāna are reborn in the Pure Abodes.

One of the pure abodes within the form realm.

One of the heavens of Buddhist cosmology, fourth of the five so-called pure realms of the form realm.

The third highest of the Pure Abodes in the form realm; non-returners and those who have mastered the fourth meditative absorption are reborn there. See also UT22084-072-007-282.

The fourth of the five classes of gods dwelling in the Pure Abodes (śuddhāvāsa). See UT22084-072-010-68.