རྣམ་པར་ཤེས་པ་མཐའ་ཡས་པའི་སྐྱེ་མཆེད། | Glossary of Terms

One of the three lower formless realms among the four formless realms, so termed because in its preparatory phase infinite consciousness is the object of meditation.

The second meditative state pertaining to the formless realm.

The second of the four states of imperturbability, which leads to rebirth in the formless realm (Skt. ārūpyadhātu).

Second of the four formless absorptions.

Second of the four heavens of the formless realm. Rebirth there is the karmic result of accomplishing one of the formless meditative absorptions.

Second of the four formless realms. The term also refers to the class of gods that dwell there, and the name of the second of the four formless absorptions. The other three realms are the station of endless space, the station of nothing-at-all, and the station of neither perception nor nonperception.

Second of the four formless realms. The term also refers to the class of gods that dwell there, and the name of the second of the four formless absorptions. The other three realms are the station of endless space, the station of nothing-at-all, and the station of neither perception nor nonperception.

See “station of endless consciousness.”

Name of the second of the four formless realms and of the second formless meditative absorption, so termed because in its preparatory phase limitless consciousness is the object of meditation.

Second of four states in the formless realm.

One of the four attainments of the formless states. Also a class of gods in the formless realm (ārūpyadhātu). In this realm, there is no body, only mind; it is the result of accomplishing the formless meditative absorptions (ārūpyasamāpatti).