The 'sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception', is the name for the fourth absorption of the immaterial sphere (arúpa^vacara), a semi-conscious state, which is surpassed only by the state of complete suspense of consciousness, called 'attainment of extinction' (nirodha-sama^patti, q.v.). See jha^na (8).
出自：南传佛教英文辞典
