Other Dimensions

To me Buddhism is more a philosophy and science rather than a religion. The Buddha taught us how to live our life with mindfulness and how to control our mental state to avoid suffering. Nevertheless he could not save us from the fruition of our karma. He taught about the phenomena of all existences – arising, being and ceasing.

We understand what the first, second and three dimensions are. I believe it was about the concept of dimension within the plane of existence that the Buddha said that his teaching was beyond the understanding of mankind.

Today scientists talk about the fourth dimension (time space). From my study of Buddhism, there are other dimensions such as energy space, formless space and nothingness space (Nibanna).

The first, second and third dimensions are planes of existence with physical form. Time space, energy space, formless space and nothingness space dimensions are planes of existence without form (without any of the five basic elements).

We live in the three dimensional world trapped in the fourth dimension of time space.

There are energy fields around us such as electro magnetic wave, solar energy, etc from the energy space dimension.

Hell, heavens, demonic world, ghost world, buddha lands etc are the formless space dimensions.

All existence has its own time space dimension and has a lifespan for nothing is eternal.

The nothingness dimension is the ultimate Nibanna – the goal of Buddhism.