གཟུགས་མེད་རྣམ་པ་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms

གཟུགས་མེད་རྣམ་པ་བཞི།

gzugs med rnam pa bzhi

Term

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four formless states

The Ten Bhūmis

four formless states

གཟུགས་མེད་རྣམ་པ་བཞི།

gzugs med rnam pa bzhi

Definition in this text:

These comprise (1) the meditation of infinite space, (2) the meditation of infinite consciousness, (3) the meditation of nothingness, and (4) the meditation of neither perception nor nonperception.

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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