九有情居

(or [lang id =1028]九有情處), [lang id =1028]九衆生居, [lang id =1028]九居, [lang id =1028]九門, see also [lang id =1028]九有, [lang id =1028]九地, [lang id =1028]九禪 and [lang id =1028]九定; the nine happy abodes or states of sentient beings of the [lang id =1028]長阿含經 9; they are the [lang id =1028]七識住seven abodes or stages of perception or consciousness to which are added the fifth and ninth below:

(1) [lang id =1028]欲界之人天 the world and the six deva-heavens of desire in which there is variety of bodies (or personalities) and thinking (or ideas);

(2) [lang id =1028]梵衆天the three brahma heavens where bodies differ but thinking is the same, the first dhyāna heaven;

(3) [lang id =1028]極光淨天 the three bright and pure heavens where bodies are identical but thinking diners, the second dhyāna heaven;

(4) [lang id =1028]遍淨天the three universally pure heavens where bodies and thinking are the same, the third dhyāna heaven;

(5) [lang id =1028]無想天 the no-thinking or no-thought heaven, the highest of the four dhyāna heavens;

(6) [lang id =1028]空無邊處 limitless space, the first of the formless realms;

(7) [lang id =1028]識無邊處 limitless percepton, the second ditto;

(8) [lang id =1028]無所有處 nothingness, the place beyond things, the third ditto; and

(9) [lang id =1028]非想非非想beyond thought or non-thought, the fourth ditto.

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三界中有情樂住的地方共有九所， 叫做九有情居， 或九眾生居， 簡稱九有， 或九居， 即欲界之人與六天、 初禪天、 二禪天、 三禪天、 四禪天中之無想天、 空處、 識處、 無所有處、 非想非非想處。