The Thirty-one Abodes (31 Realms)

url:: https://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh180x.html Parent:: [[Loka]] # The Thirty-one Abodes (31 Realms of Existence) ***(Source: [bps.lk](https://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh180x.html))*** <table style="width:1000px; border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="width:30%" colspan="3">Key to the Chart</th> <th style="width:22%" colspan="2">The Thirty-One Abodes </th> <th style="width:26%">Translation of the Chart</th> <th style="width:22%">Classification by way of birth-cause in the respective worlds</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:9%;" rowspan="4">Immaterial sphere (arūpa loka)</td> <td style="width:11%" rowspan="4">Brahmā worlds of disembodied consciousness (immaterial sphere)</td> <td style="width:10%" rowspan="4">Beings having consciousness without material body</td> <td style="width:3%">31.</td> <td style="width:19%">Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanūpagā deva</td> <td style="width:26%">Sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception</td> <td style="width:21%" rowspan="4">Experience of the four arūpāyatana jhānas (the formless sphere absorptions)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">30.</td> <td style="width:19%">Ākiñcaññāyatanūpagā devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Sphere of the knowledge of nothingness</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">29.</td> <td style="width:19%">Viññāṇañcāyatanūpagā devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Sphere of the infinity of consciousness</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">28.</td> <td style="width:19%">Ākasañcāyatanūpagā devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Sphere of the infinity of space</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:9%" rowspan="16">Fine-material sphere (rūpa loka)</td> <td style="width:11%" rowspan="5">Pure Brahmā worlds (inhabited by non-returners and arahats)</td> <td style="width:10%" rowspan="5">Beings having material body and consciousness</td> <td style="width:3%">27.</td> <td style="width:19%">Akaniṭṭhā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of supreme Brahmās</td> <td style="width:21%" rowspan="5">Attainment of the fruit of non-returning (anāgāmi-phala) with full experience of the fourth jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">26.</td> <td style="width:19%">Sudassī Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of clear-sighted Brahmās</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">25.</td> <td style="width:19%">Sudassā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of beautiful Brahmās</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">24.</td> <td style="width:19%">Ātappā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of serene Brahmās</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">23.</td> <td style="width:19%">Avihā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of immobile Brahmās</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:11%" rowspan="11">Lower Brahmā worlds</td> <td style="width:10%">Beings having material body without consciousness</td> <td style="width:3%">22.</td>  <td style="width:19%">Vehapphalā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of sensationless Brahmās</td> <td style="width:21%">Moderate experience of the fourth jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:10%" rowspan="21">Beings having material body and consciousness</td> <td style="width:3%">21.</td> <td style="width:19%">Asaññasattā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of greatly-rewarded Brahmās</td> <td style="width:21%">Weak experience of the fourth jhāna (mental absorption)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">20.</td> <td style="width:19%">Subhakiṇhā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of Brahmās of steady aura</td> <td style="width:21%">Full experience to the third jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">19.</td> <td style="width:19%">Appamāṇā Subha-brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of Brahmās of infinite aura</td> <td style="width:21%">Moderate experience of the third jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">18.</td> <td style="width:19%">Parittā Subha-brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of Brahmās of minor aura</td> <td style="width:21%">Weak experience of the third jhāna (mental absorption)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">17.</td> <td style="width:19%">Ābhassarā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of radiant Brahmās</td> <td style="width:21%">Full experience to the second jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">16.</td> <td style="width:19%">Appamāṇābhā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of Brahmās of infinite lustre</td> <td style="width:21%">Moderate experience of the second jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">15.</td> <td style="width:19%">Parittābhā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of Brahmās of minor lustre</td> <td style="width:21%">Weak experience of the second jhāna (mental absorption)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">14.</td> <td style="width:19%">Mahā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">World of Great Brahmās</td> <td style="width:21%">Full experience to the first jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">13.</td> <td style="width:19%">Brahmapurohitā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">Ministers of Brahmā</td> <td style="width:21%">Moderate experience of the first jhāna</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">12.</td> <td style="width:19%">Brahmapārisajjā Brahmā</td> <td style="width:26%">Retinue of Brahmā</td> <td style="width:21%">Weak experience of the first jhāna (mental absorption)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:9%" rowspan="11">Sense-desire sphere (kāma loka)</td> <td style="width:11%" rowspan="6">Worlds of devas of the sense-desire sphere</td> <td style="width:3%">11.</td> <td style="width:19%">Paranimmitavasavattī devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Devas enjoying (or utilising) the creations of others</td> <td style="width:21%" rowspan="6">Very good kamma (in the field of worldly activity)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">10.</td> <td style="width:19%">Nimmānaratī devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Devas enjoying their own creations</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">9.</td> <td style="width:19%">Tusitā devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Devas enjoying pleasure</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">8.</td> <td style="width:19%">Yāmā devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Yāma devas</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">7.</td> <td style="width:19%">Tāvatiṃsā devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Realm of the thirty-three devas</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">6.</td> <td style="width:19%">Cātumahārājikā Devā</td> <td style="width:26%">Realm of the Four Great Kings (of the Four Quarters)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:11%">Human World</td> <td style="width:3%">5.</td> <td style="width:19%">Manussa Loka</td> <td style="width:26%">The human world</td> <td style="width:21%">Mixed kamma, predominantly good</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:11%" rowspan="4">Sub-human worlds (including animals)</td> <td style="width:3%">4.</td> <td style="width:19%">Tiracchāna Yoni</td> <td style="width:26%">The animal world</td> <td style="width:21%" rowspan="4">Unwholesome kamma</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">3.</td> <td style="width:19%">Peta Loka</td> <td style="width:26%">World of unhappy spirits</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">2.</td> <td style="width:19%">Asura Nikāya</td> <td style="width:26%">World of demons (titans)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:3%">1.</td> <td style="width:19%">Niraya</td> <td style="width:26%">Realms of inferno (hells)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>