Atapa

atapa (P. atappa; T. mi dgung ba མི་གདུང་བ་; C. wure) is translated as "painless," "untroubled," "without distress," "without torment," "not burning," etc. It is identified as:

• the fourth highest of the "five pure abodes" (śuddhāvāsa )
• one of the eight heavens of the fourth dhyana of the form realm (rūpadhātu)
• the name of the beings who reside in the atapa realm

One is reborn in this realm through achieving, in one's previous lifetime, the same level of meditative absorption (dhyana) that corresponds with the gods in this realm.

According to Buddhaghosa, this realm is called "without torment" because the beings in this realm torment no one.

Alternate translations

• untroubled (Access to Insight)
• not burning, without torment (Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism)
• painless
• without distress