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In Buddhism, the arūpajhānas or "formless meditations" are four successive levels of meditation on non-material objects. These levels are higher than the ''rūpajhānas'', and harder to attain. In themselves, they are believed to lead to rebirth as gods belonging to the realm of the same name.〔Ariyapariyesana Sutta - "'This Dhamma (of Alara Kalama) leads not to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to stilling, to direct knowledge, to Awakening, nor to Unbinding, but only to reappearance in the dimension of nothingness.'"〕 ==The four arūpajhāna== While rupajhanas differ considering their characteristics, arupajhanas differ as their object is determined by the level of the jhana: * ''fifth jhāna:'' infinite space, * ''sixth jhāna:'' infinite consciousness, * ''seventh jhāna:'' infinite nothingness, * ''eighth jhāna:'' neither perception nor non-perception. This has to be understood. In the fourth rupajhana, there is already Upekkha, equanimity and Ekkagata, concentration, but the mind is still focused on a "material" object, as any color. * In the fifth jhana, the meditator discovers that there is no object, but only an infinite space, which is empty. This perception motivates the interest of claiming arupajhanas. * In the sixth jhana, it becomes obvious that space has no existence. There is only infinite consciousness. * In the seventh jhana appears the feeling that there is no consciousness, but nothingness. * The eighth jhana consists in the most discrete possible state of mind, which justifies the using of "neither perception nor non-perception". These "explanations" do not refer to any intellectual, philosophical comprehension, which disappear since the second jhana. They attempt to figure mental process. The arūpajhānas are part of the kammatthanas, and are referred to as the four "formless states". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arūpajhāna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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