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The four immaterial Jhana are a set of meditations causing the perception of the material world to fade and disappear.

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The Four Immaterial Jhana - List

The jhana are part of a set of eight Jhana, see the four Jhana below for the the first four Jhana.
Sometimes a fifth immaterial jhana of cessation is included which along with the four material jhana becomes the nine jhana.

The Four Immaterial Jhana

01. The base of infinite or boundless space.

This is akasanancayatana jhana a meditative state where the mind contemplates the infinity of space.

02. The base of infinite or boundless consciousness.

This is vinnanancayatana jhana - a meditative state where the mind is absorbed in realizing that consciousness is infinite.

03. The base of nothingness.

This is akincannayatana jhana a meditative state where the mind contemplates the idea that nothing is there.

04. The base of neither perception nor non perception.

This is vevasannanasannayatana jhana a meditative state of neither perception nor non-perception.

Synonyms/tags: nonmaterial jhanas, the four immaterial dhyana, Arupajhana, four immaterial states, arūpajjhāna




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