ནམ་མཁའ་མཐའ་ཡས་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 space is the object of meditation.

First of the four formless absorptions.

The first meditative state pertaining to the formless realm.

The first of the four states of imperturbability. In the formless realm (Skt. ārūpyadhātu), no bodies or materiality of any kind exist, only mind; rebirth there is the result of accomplishing four formless meditative absorptions (Skt. ārūpya­samāpatti; five absorptions, i.e., if one includes the stage of Skt. saṃjñā-vedayita-nirodha or nirodhasamāpatti).

First of the four formless absorptions.

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

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

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

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

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

First of four states in the formless realm.

Alt. “the activity field infinite as boundless space” (Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary). Here the Blessed One begins an enumeration of the four formless realm states.