འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་མིན་སྐྱེ་མཆེད། | Glossary of Terms

The fourth formless meditative absorption and its resultant formless realm of existence.

Fourth of the four formless realms, also the name of the fourth of the four concentrations (dhyāna).

Fourth of the four formless absorptions.

One of the four attainments of the formless states and the highest class of devas in the formless realm (ārūpyadhātu); also called Peak of Existence (Bhavāgra).

The highest of the four formless realms, so termed because conceptions are weak in it, but not entirely absent.

Fourth of the four formless absorptions.

The highest of the four heavens of the formless realm, so termed because conceptions there are weak but not entirely absent. Also called “the peak of existence.”

The highest of the four formless realms. The term also refers to the class of gods that dwell there and the name of the fourth of the four formless absorptions. The other three realms are the station of endless space, the station of endless consciousness, and the station of nothing-at-all.

The highest of the four formless realms. The term also refers to the class of gods that dwell there and the name of the fourth of the four formless absorptions. The other three realms are the station of endless space, the station of endless consciousness, and the station of nothing-at-all.

A formless state, either a meditative state or its resultant realm of existence, i.e., a class of deities of the formless realm.

The seventh of the eight liberations.

Name of the fourth of the four formless realms and of the fourth formless meditative absorption, so termed because conceptions are weak in it, but not entirely absent.

The fourth of the four formless realms.

See “station of neither perception nor nonperception.”

Fourth of four states in the formless realm.

The highest of the four formless realms, so termed because conceptions there are weak but not entirely absent.

The highest of the four divine concentration realms in the formless realm, and the fourth of the four formless absorptions. The other three are infinite space, infinite consciousness, and nothingness.

The fourth of the four states of imperturbability or formless meditative absorptions or attainments (Skt. ārūpya­samāpatti), which leads to rebirth in the formless realm (Skt. ārūpyadhātu) as a deva without form.

The fourth meditative state pertaining to the formless realm.

The highest of the four divine attainments (absorptions) of the formless realm.

The fourth and highest level in the formless realm and its meditation.

A formless state, either a meditative state or its resultant realm of existence, i.e., a class of deities of the formless realm. (No equivalent of upaga in Tib.)