How Does the Sublime Realm of Devas Arise?

In superficial meditative concentration, some phenomena of bodily expansion occur; this is a manifestation resulting from the alleviation of the attachment of the mental faculty to the body, where the heart transcends the human realm and slightly corresponds to the reaction of the desire realm devas. As long as one abandons the realm of the human world and diminishes attachment to the five desires of humanity, the realm of the devas will inevitably manifest.

The states of concentration preceding the first dhyāna of the form realm all belong to concentrations not yet reaching the first dhyāna. They are divided into multiple levels; the mind differs, and thus the coarseness or subtlety of concentration varies. However, to varying degrees, they correspond to the realm of the desire realm devas. The further one distances themselves from the five desires of the human world, the deeper the concentration becomes, the greater the bodily transformations, and the more comfortable the physical and mental sensations. Therefore, we should understand that departing from the desires of the human world brings greater ease and freedom, and all sensations become beautiful. How unwise it is to cling to the six dust realms and the five-desire life of the human world! How base and wretched human life truly is.

Countless people greedily cherish the flowers, plants, mountains, rivers, earth, human affairs, and material things of the human world, taking pride and arrogance in possessing human rights, status, wealth, sensual pleasures, family, and relatives. Yet, compared to the sublime realm of the devas, it pales into insignificance; there is absolutely nothing worthy of pride or arrogance. Only those with short-sighted vision who have never witnessed the greater realities would behave thus.