색계 (色界)의 사선정 (四禪定)과, 무색계 (無色界)의 공무변처 (空無邊處), 식무변처 (識無邊處), 무소유처 (無所有處), 그리고 비상비비상처 (非想非非想處)의 사선정 (四禪定)을 합한 것. 보다 자세한 것은 각 개별 항목 참조

Eight kinds of absorption: This term combines the fourfold meditation of the realm of form; and the fourfold meditation of the formless realm of the infinite realm of space or heaven, the infinite realm of consciousness, the heavenly realm of non-possession, and the heavenly realm of neither perception nor non-perception. For further information, see each individual entry.