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Arupaloka consciousness
Description:
In Pali texts, this is the second of the three higher states: that to which the mental absorptions (jhana) of human meditation rise and where the six higher spiritual powers start to appear.
Broader:
Worlds of conscious existence
Narrower:
Third absorption in the immaterial sphere
First absorption in the immaterial sphere
Fourth absorption in the immaterial sphere
Second absorption in the immaterial sphere
Related:
Jhana
Phenomena awareness
Rupaloka consciousness
Formless-realm consciousness
Tibetan meditative states of formless absorptions
Third scriptural bodhisattva awareness
Craving for formless existence