อรูปฌาน(à-rôop-chaan)

Meanings

1NounC2

formless meditative absorption; immaterial jhāna

In Buddhism, a formless meditative attainment referring to the four immaterial absorptions reached in deep concentration, where perception of physical form is transcended.

Examples

การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เข้าถึงkâo tĕungเข้าถึงkâo tĕung1[to] access; obtain/use2[to] reach/engage (sb/sth)3[to] deeply understand; resonate with4[to] attain/realize (abstract/spiritual truth)อรูปฌานà-rôop-chaanอรูปฌานà-rôop-chaanformless meditative absorption; immaterial jhānaได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ผู้ปฏิบัติpôo bpà-dtì-bàtผู้ปฏิบัติpôo bpà-dtì-bàt1practitioner; implementer2operator; operativeจำเป็นต้องjam bpen dtôngจำเป็นต้องjam bpen dtông[to] have to; must; be required toผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3past; via; through4[to] experience; go throughการฝึกฝนgaan fèuk fŏnการฝึกฝนgaan fèuk fŏn1practice (skill improvement)2training; drillรูปฌานrôop chaanรูปฌานrôop chaanform jhānas (Buddhism)ทั้งสี่táng sèeทั้งสี่táng sèeall fourขั้นkânขั้นkân1step; stair2stage; level; phase3classifier: steps/levels/stages4rank; grade; tierมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)ชำนาญcham-naanชำนาญcham-naan1skilled; proficient2[to] be skilled in; [to] be adept atแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
In order to attain arūpajhāna, a practitioner must first have skillfully mastered the four stages of rūpajhāna.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

อรูปà-rôopอรูปà-rôop1formless; immaterial; incorporeal2the formless realm(s) (Buddhism)Part 1
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ฌานchaanฌานchaandeep meditative absorptionPart 2
อรูปฌานà-rôop-chaanอรูปฌานà-rôop-chaanformless meditative absorption; immaterial jhāna