非想非非想處
Readings
Pinyin: fēixiǎng fēifēixiǎng chù
Wade-Giles: fei-hsiang fei-fei-hsiang ch'u
Hangul: 비상비비상처
Korean MC: bisang bibisang cheo
Korean MR: pisang pibisang ch'ŏ
Katakana: ヒソウヒヒソウショ
Hepburn: hisō hihisōsho
phi tưởng phi phi tưởng xứ
base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception
- The sphere of neither ideation nor non-ideation; domain of neither associative nor non-associative thought. A state of meditation where there are no objects (concepts) yet there is no non-presence of objects. This is the highest state of the formless realm, and thus the highest existence of the three realms. It is not yet nirvāṇa, because there is still a very subtle kind of thought remaining. It is the fourth of the four heavens of the formless realm 四無色, the most subtle state of the three realms. (Skt. naivasaṃjñā-nāsaṃjñâyatana, naivasaṃjñā-nāsaṃjñā-bhūmika, naivasaṃjñā-nāsaṃjñâyatanôpaga; Tib. 'du shes med 'du shes med min skye mched). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.292b3〕 [resp. Charles Muller, Dan Lusthaus, Stephen Hodge, Nyanatusita; ref. Hirakawa, Nakamura]
- The base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (Pāli nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, 〔解脫道論 T 1648.32.421c27〕. The traditional Pāli explanation is: "that jhāna with its associated states neither has perception nor has no perception because of the absence of gross perception and the presence of subtle perception, thus it is neither-perception-nor-non-perception" (Path of Purification, Visuddhimagga X § 49, translated by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli). Being the fourth formless concentration attainment (arūpa-samāpatti), the nevasaññānāsaññāyatana is the highest concentration attainment that can be attained by worldlings (Pāli puthujjana (i.e. those who are not noble persons (Pāli ariya-puggala). Because it is the highest in the three realms of existence (bhava), it is called the "peak of existence," bhavagga (A-a III 74). The Bodhisattva learned this attainment from Udaka Rāmaputta (M I 165, etc.) but realized that it was not the Nibbāna he was looking for and that it led to rebirth as a god of the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. For detailed explanations, see Path of Freedom (Vimuttimagga) Chapter VIII (T 1648.32.421c26 until p0422a27), Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga) Chapter X § 40–55. It is one of the 三十八行處, thirty-eight meditation subjects.[resp. Nyanatusita]
Dictionary References:
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 879
Bulgyo sajeon, 346a
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1044b
Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 676
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1125c
Ding Fubao
Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1254
Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4313b,217b
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 695-2-21*695-3-14*1460-3
Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)
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