brahma (brahmã): Celestial beings who inhabit the first three realms of the Fine Material World. Beings reborn into those sublime realms are said to have some experience with the meditative absorptions (jhãna). Con­sequently, brahmas have extremely refined bodies composed of pure light and experience extremely refined degrees of mental pleasure. When the good kamma that sent them to those realms is finally exhausted, these beings pass away and are reborn again somewhere else, in a realm of existence suitable to their remaining kamma.

梵天(brahmā)：天道众生之一，住于三界中的色界。能生于这微妙的天界据说是因为有禅修入色界禅的体验。梵天的身体由光组成，非常微细。他们也体验极端微妙的心理喜悦。当投生梵天的业力最后耗尽时，他们会逝去，并依照余下的业力投生至相应的生命。