The 3 Realms
FORMLESS JHANAS1
1. INFINITE SPACE
2.INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS
3. NOTHINGNESS
4. NEITHER PERCEPTIONS NOR NON-PERCEPTION Being the highest possible state in worldly existence, this fourth sphere is also called the Peak of Existence
more explanation of Four Formless Realms
1) the Realm of Infinite Space,
2) the Realm of Infinite Consciousness,
3) the Realm of Nothing Whatsoever,
4) the Realm of Neither Cognition Nor Non-Cognition.
In other words the states can be experienced for a relatively short time by humans who have reached them in the course of their meditation. Although the experiences of these realms are of rare and subtle states of bliss, none is considered enlightenment.
Infinite Space
Those who dwell in the thought of renunciation and who succeed in renunciation and rejection realize that their bodies are an obstacle.
Infinite Consciousness.
At this stage one abandons empty space as an object and also abandons the feelings, cognitions, formations, and consciousness that are associated with it. The only attachment that remains is to a consciousness that is immense and infinite.
Nothing Whatsoever
(nothingless). One contemplates nothing whatever in order to break one’s attachment to and to abandon the state of infinite consciousness.
Neither Cognition Nor Non-Cognition. When the nature of consciousness does not move, within cessation they exhaustively investigate. Within the endless they discern the end of the nature. It is as if it were there and yet not there, as if it were ended and yet not ended. They are among those in the realm of neither cognition nor non-cognition.
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REALM OF DESIRE (this realm cause Karma)
GREED
HATRED
DELUSION
1. GOD REALM
2. SEMI GOD (TITANS)
3. HUMAN R.
4. ANIMAL R.
5. HUNGRY GHOST
6. HELL REALM
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REALM OF FORM (RUPA)
CORRESPONDING MEDITATIVE STATES (VIPASSANA MED.) –IS REFERRERING TO FORMS OR MEDITATION THAT INVOLVE VISUALISATION
THE FORM JHANA ARE;
RAPTURE (ATTRACTIVE) AND PLEASURE BORN OF SECLUSION
RAPTURE AND PLEASURE BORN OF CONCENTRATION
EQUANIMITY AND MINDFULNESS WITH PLEASANT ABIDING
EQUANIMITY AND MINDFULNESS WITH NEITHER PLEASURE, NOR PAIN
FORM AND FORMLESS REALM BELONGS TO THE GODS
