Naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana

naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana (P. nevasaññānāsaññāyatana; T. 'du shes med 'du shes med min skye mched འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་འདུ་ཤེས་མེད་མིན་སྐྱེ་མཆེད་; C. feixiang feifeixiang chu) is translated as "sphere of neither perception nor non-perception," etc. It is identified as:

• the fourth level of the formless realm (arūpadhātu) and
• the fourth of the four meditative absorptions of the formless realm (ārūpyāvacaradhyāna)

In Tibetan, this sphere is also known as:

• "the sphere of neither existence or non-existence" (T. yod min med min gyi skye mched ཡོད་མིན་མེད་མིན་གྱི་སྐྱེ་མཆེད་)
• "the peak of existence" (Tib. སྲིད་པའི་རྩེ་མོ་, Wyl. srid pa'i rtse mo) - since it is the highest possible state in worldly existence

External links

• Dharmachakra Translation Committee (2021), "g.1 abode of neither perception nor no perception", Distinctly Ascertaining the Meanings, 84000 Reading Room 
• 'du_shes_med_'du_shes_med_min_skye_mched, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• yod_min_med_min_gyi_skye_mched, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• srid_pa'i_rtse_mo, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki