sudarśa
Tags: Places
Tibetan: ཤིན་ཏུ་མཐོང་བ་
Tibetan (Wylie): shin tu mthong ba
Tibetan (phonetics): shin tu thong wa
English term: Extreme Insight
Alternative: Sublime Appearance
English definition: The second highest of the eight heavens of the form realm and, within it, one of the five “pure abodes”, it is a place where those have attained the state of “non-returner” become arhats. As with all other abodes of the form realm, one is reborn there after achieving the same level of concentration during one’s meditation in the former life.
