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This definition refers to the three planes of existence in the Buddhist cosmos, and the term 'bhava' thus would signify concrete individual existence in one or another of these three planes.

In short, what can be held trustworthy is what Bhikkhu Bodhi asserts does not accord with the Dhamma.

In countless suttas, a person, just like the Buddha himself, moves from the sphere of sensuality, to the sphere of materiality (jhana), to the sphere in immateriality (arupajhana) to Nibbana.