無む色しき界かい

noun

formless realm; Mushikikai

In Buddhism, the highest of the three realms of existence, where beings have transcended physical form and dwell in pure mental states. Often contrasted with the realms of desire and form.

See also: 三界

• 無む色しき界かいは、三さん界がいの一ひとつで、物ぶっ質しつ的てきな形かたちを超ちょう越えつした世せ界かいとされる。

  The formless realm is one of the three realms, said to be a world that transcends physical form.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえでは、無む色しき界かいに生うまれ変かわるには深ふかい瞑めい想そうが必ひつ要ようだ。

  In Buddhist teachings, deep meditation is necessary to be reborn in the formless realm.