**무색계 마음**은 특히 상좌부의 교학과 아비담마 그리고 수행에서 사용하는 용어로, 욕계색계무색계출세간에 속한 총 89가지 마음 또는 총 121가지 마음 중 무색계에 속한 마음들을 말한다. 다음과 같은 총 12가지가 있다.Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.35.





1. Wholesome consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite space.
2. Wholesome consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite consciousness.
3. Wholesome consciousness pertaining to the base of nothingness.
4. Wholesome consciousness pertaining to the base of neither perception nor nonperception.
These are the four types of immaterial-sphere wholesome consciousness.





5. Resultant consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite space.
6. Resultant consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite consciousness.
7. Resultant consciousness pertaining to the base of nothingness.
8. Resultant consciousness pertaining to the base of neither perception nor nonperception.
These are the four types of immaterial-sphere resultant consciousness.





9. Functional consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite space.
10. Functional consciousness pertaining to the base of infinite consciousness.
11. Functional consciousness pertaining to the base of nothingness.
12. Functional consciousness pertaining to the base of neither perception nor nonperception.
These are the four types of immaterial-sphere functional consciousness.


위의 세 유형 각각의 4가지는 모두 공무변처정식무변처정무소유처정비상비비상처정의 4무색정(四無色定)의 체계를 따른 것이다.

무색계 마음은 다음의 분류 또는 체계에 속한다.

## 목록
무색계 마음 一 12가지

	무색계 유익한 마음 一 4가지 一 누적 4가지
		
			
			
			
			
	
	무색계 과보의 마음 一 4가지 一 누적 8가지
		
			
			
			
			
	
	무색계 작용만 하는 마음 一 4가지 一 누적12가지

## 4무색정
무색계 선정 즉 4무색정은 물질을 완전히 초월한 선정, 즉, 욕계의 조대한 물질과 색계의 미세한 물질 모두를 초월한 선정으로 오직 마음(citta)과 마음작용(cetasika)만이 남아 있는 선정이다.Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.53.

 This sphere of
consciousness comprises the  pertaining to the immaterial plane of existence
(), four realms in which matter (rūpa) has been totally transcended and only
consciousness (citta) and mental factors (cetasika) remain. Rebirth into these four realms
comes about through the attainment of the , the four immaterial, or formless,
absorptions, which are reached by developing concentration beyond the five  of the
fine-material sphere. The immaterial sphere consists of twelve  — the four
wholesome "無色界(무색계)" , 운허. 불교사전:
無色界(무색계)
 즉 명색(名色) 중 명(名)만 있는 선정이다.

4무색정이 일어나는 무색계의 영역[處, 天, 처소] 즉 4무색처(四無色處) 또는 4무색천(四無色天)은 이름을 붙이는데 사용할 물질이 없으므로, 선정의 경지에 따라 이름을 붙여서 다음과 같이 칭한다."無色界" , 星雲. 佛光大辭典(불광대사전) 3판:
無色界






Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. pp.53~54.
 The first of the four immaterial
 is the attainment of the base of infinite space. To reach this, a meditator who has
mastered the fifth fine-material  object expands the counterpart
sign . The
expression “base of infinite space,” strictly speaking, refers to the concept of infinite
space that serves as the object of the first immaterial-sphere consciousness. Here, the
word .
However, in a derivative sense, the expression “base of infinite space” is also extended to
the 



Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.54.
 The consciousness that
is here said to be infinite is the consciousness of the first immaterial absorption. Since
the first immaterial absorption (



Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.54.
 The third immaterial attainment
has as its object the present non-existence, voidness, or absence of the consciousness
pertaining to the base of infinite space. By giving attention to the absence of that
consciousness, the third immaterial absorption arises, taking as its object the concept of
non-existence (



Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.54.

This fourth and final immaterial attainment is so called because it cannot be
said either to include perception or to exclude perception. In this type of consciousness,
the factor of perception () has become so subtle that it can no longer perform the
decisive function of perception, and, thus, this state cannot be said to have perception.
Yet perception is not altogether absent but remains in a residual form; thus, it cannot be
said not to have perception. Although perception alone is mentioned, all the other mental
constituents in this 

5선 체계에 따르면, 공무변처정은 색계의 제5선을 초월하여 공무변 즉 무한 공간(infinite space)을 명상(관)하는 상태의 선-->

## 무색계 유익한 마음
무색계 유익한 마음은 무색계의 4가지 선정인 4무색정에 든 상태의 마음을 말하는 것으로 , 예를 들어, 욕계나 색계에 태어난 유정이 수행을 통해 4무색계(四無色界) 즉 4무색천(四無色天)에 들어갈 때 그 유정은 무색계 유익한 마음과 함께한다."無色界定" , 星雲. 佛光大辭典(불광대사전) 3판:
無色界定
巴利語 arūpa-avacara-samādhi。又作無色定。無色界定含空無邊處定、識無邊處定、無所有處定、非想非非想處定等四無色定。此四無色定，係由欲界定、色界定而得之靜寂禪定；於此等禪定中，對欲、色等悉無想念。又根據說一切有部之說，空無邊處、識無邊處、無所有處等三定各又有味定（味等至）、淨定（淨等至）、無漏定（無漏等至）等三種，非想非非想處定則以定相昧劣之故，僅有味定、淨定二種而無無漏定。

## 무색계 과보의 마음
무색계 과보의 마음은 과거 생에서 4무색정을 닦아 성취(획득이 아님)한 유정이 현생에서 무색계에서 태어날 때 함께하는 마음이다.<!--

-->Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.53.

 This sphere of
consciousness comprises the  pertaining to the immaterial plane of existence
(), four realms in which matter (rūpa) has been totally transcended and only
consciousness (citta) and mental factors (cetasika) remain. Rebirth into these four realms
comes about through the attainment of the , the four immaterial, or formless,
absorptions, which are reached by developing concentration beyond the five  of the
fine-material sphere. The immaterial sphere consists of twelve  — the four
wholesome <!--

-->"無色界" , 星雲. 佛光大辭典(불광대사전) 3판:
無色界
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-->"無色界定" , 星雲. 佛光大辭典(불광대사전) 3판:
無色界定
巴利語 arūpa-avacara-samādhi。又作無色定。無色界定含空無邊處定、識無邊處定、無所有處定、非想非非想處定等四無色定。此四無色定，係由欲界定、色界定而得之靜寂禪定；於此等禪定中，對欲、色等悉無想念。又根據說一切有部之說，空無邊處、識無邊處、無所有處等三定各又有味定（味等至）、淨定（淨等至）、無漏定（無漏等至）等三種，非想非非想處定則以定相昧劣之故，僅有味定、淨定二種而無無漏定。
 <!--

-->무색계에는 물질이 없으므로 오직 중동분(眾同分)과 명근(命根) 등이 가화합하여 몸을 이룬다."四無色定" , 星雲. 佛光大辭典(불광대사전) 3판:
四無色定
梵語 catasra ārūpya-samāpattayaḥ。又作四空定、四空處定、四無色。指超離色法（物質）繫縛之四種境界。即由思惟四無色界所得之定。若欲生於此四無色界，則必須修習四無色定；換言之，四無色定，乃對治色法之繫縛，滅除一切對外境之感受與思想的修行，及藉此修行所達到的清淨無染、虛空靜寂之精神境界。此四無色定各有兩類情形，即：(1)生於四無色界之「生無色」，於此之時，定心現前，故得定之名。(2)非由生得，而係修證所得；蓋假令其身雖猶在欲界等下地，然若因修證而現起無色界之定心，則亦得無色之果，稱為「定無色」。
據法蘊足論卷八無色品、大智度論卷十七等載，此四無色定即：(1)空無邊處定，又作空處定。此定超越色界之第四禪，滅除障礙禪定之一切想，思惟「空間為無限大」，亦即思惟空無邊之相。(2)識無邊處定，又作識處定。此定超越空無邊處定，而思惟「識為無限大」，亦即思惟識無邊之相。(3)無所有處定，又作少處定。此定超越識無邊處定，與無所有相應，即思惟無所有之相而安住之。(4)非想非非想處定，又作非有想非無想定。此定超越無所有處定，思惟非想非非想之相，具足而安住之。此定無明勝之想，故異於滅盡定；亦非無想，故亦異於無想定。
四無色定各以其自體而言，皆稱為根本定；接近根本定前之預備階段，稱為近分定，或加行定。加行，即事先加功用行之意。其中，空無邊處定之近分定，係緣欲界第四禪之色相以修行厭離，而尚有色想；然其餘三定之近分定及四定之根本定則全無色想，故四定仍總稱無色定。又非想非非想處定係依定之自相而立名，其下三定則依加行而立名。

## 무색계 작용만 하는 마음
무색계 작용만 하는 마음은 무색계 선정에 든 붓다를 포함한 아라한의 선한 작용만 하는 마음을 말한다. 아라한의 마음은 오직 진여의 무분별지를 발현하여 작용할 뿐 그 작용이 끝나고 나면 곧바로 소멸하여 후유를 낳을 어떠한 단서 즉 어떠한 집착 또는 욕망도 남기지 않기 때문에 오직 선한(유익한) 작용만 할 뿐 선업도 쌓지 않아 후유를 낳지 않는다.Bhikkhu Bodhi & Allan R. Bomhard (2007). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Charleston Buddhist Fellowship. p.43.

Whereas the eight wholesome sense-sphere cittas arise in worldlings
(), they do not arise in Buddhas and Arahants, who have
transcended the cycle of  and future becoming in the realms of rebirth. However,
in Buddhas and Arahants, there arise eight types of consciousness that are their exact
counterparts. These are called “,” because they
merely perform their functions without leaving any karmic deposit. Because a Buddha or
an Arahant has eradicated all traces of ignorance (), the causes
of rebirth, there is no way his good actions could generate future results. They merely
arise, accomplish some function, and then fall away without residue.
, “functional consciousness” or “karmically inoperative consciousness,” is the name
for such states of consciousness that are neither karmically wholesome (), nor unwholesome
(. Thus are also called
all those worldly mental states in the Arahant that are accompanied by two or three noble roots , being karmically neutral in an Arahant and corresponding to the karmically
wholesome states of a non-Arahant, as well as the rootless joy-producing () mindconsciousness-
element of an Arahant; further, that mind-element () that performs the function
of adverting () that
performs the function of deciding () and adverting to the mental object. The last-named two
elements, of course, occur in all beings.
), it belongs to the group of “karmically
neutral consciousness” ( (fourth revised edition [1980]), pp. 103—104.
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)
and noble persons with the exception of  perform meritorious
deeds such as  (meditation).

of past lives. They function as  (rebirth consciousness),
 (death
consciousness) in human beings and devas in their present lives.
 arise in arahants when they perform meritorious
deeds.  have no attachment to anything. They expect no
rewards from their wholesome deeds. So their  are just
functional and will not bear any