色しき界かい

noun

form realm; realm of form

In Buddhist cosmology, the second of the three realms (三界), where beings have subtle material bodies and are free from gross desires but still have form. A technical term used in Buddhist texts and discussions.

See also: 三界

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの宇う宙ちゅう観かんでは、色しき界かいは欲よく界かいの上うえに位い置ちする。

  In Buddhist cosmology, the form realm is situated above the desire realm.

• 色しき界かいの天てん人じんは、物ぶっ質しつ的てきな身しん体たいを持もつが、食しょく欲よくや性せい欲よくはないとされる。

  The heavenly beings of the form realm are said to have material bodies but no desires for food or sex.