nam mkha' mtha' yas: Difference between revisions

From Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 7: Line 7:
== Discussion ==   
== Discussion ==   


The first of the four Formless absorptions. Its name comes from the training that produces it: a meditator on the fourth dhyana enters the preparation for Infinite Space and considers that the conception of Form is coarse and must be abandoned--there is only infinite space. Once the actual Formless absorption is attained, it does not necessarily dwell on such thoughts--at that point it may take any element of dharma as its focus. [[User:DKC|DKC]]  
The name comes from the training that produces it: a meditator on the fourth dhyana enters the preparation for Infinite Space and considers that the conception of Form is coarse and must be abandoned--there is only infinite space. Once the actual Formless absorption is attained, it does not necessarily dwell on such thoughts--at that point it may take any element of dharma as its focus. [[User:DKC|DKC]]  




  [[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:na]]
  [[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:na]]

Revision as of 10:53, 18 July 2006

infinite/limitless space [IW]

Infinite Space; one of skye mched mu bzhi gzugs med pa'i khams bzhi [RY]

Infinite Space. The second abode in the Formless Realm dwelling on the thought, "Space is infinite!" [RY]

Discussion

The name comes from the training that produces it: a meditator on the fourth dhyana enters the preparation for Infinite Space and considers that the conception of Form is coarse and must be abandoned--there is only infinite space. Once the actual Formless absorption is attained, it does not necessarily dwell on such thoughts--at that point it may take any element of dharma as its focus. DKC