February 23, 2025 at 2:55 pm
#53634
Keymaster
Hello Jittananto,
As you point out, this sutta describes Nibbana: There is no earth, no water, no fire, no wind; no dimension of infinite space, no dimension of infinite consciousness, no dimension of nothingness, no dimension of neither perception nor non-perception; no this world, no other world, no moon or sun.
- Everything except paraloka in the verse describes all the realms associated with the Erath (our cakkavāla).
- There are billions of other cakkavālās in the universe. All 31 realms are associated with each habitable planetary system (cakkavāla). See #2 of “31 Realms Associated with the Earth.”
- Thus, paraloka (no other world) means none of those also belong to Nibbana.