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<p>&quot;“Bhikkhus, there are world interstices, vacant and abysmal regions of blinding darkness and gloom, where the light of the sun and moon, so powerful and mighty, does not reach.”&quot; ~~ <a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn56.46/en/bodhi?reference=none&amp;highlight=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 56.46</a> ~~</p>
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This here means hells that are in-between two solar systems.
ahtisarw
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santa100
<p>Perhaps this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;But, Master Gotama, at the moment a flame is being swept on by the
wind and goes a far distance, what do you designate as its sustenance
then?&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Vaccha, when a flame is being swept on by the wind and goes a far
distance, I designate it as wind-sustained, for the wind is its
sustenance at that time.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;And at the moment when a being sets this body aside and is not yet
reborn in another body, what do you designate as its sustenance then?&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Vaccha, when a being sets this body aside and is not yet reborn in
another body, I designate it as craving-sustained, for craving is its
sustenance at that time.&quot;<br />
<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.009.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 44.9</a></p>
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"craving-sustained" is the world?
blue_ego
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After a person's death, while most are born in the hells, animal realms & the plane of departed, out of the very few that get the chance to be reborn in the human world, a handful get a chance to to be born right away. i.e. when your house is destroyed, what are the chances that you get another house to your liking in an area that you like, right away? Likewise, majority of the ones waiting to be born in the human world will remain in a mind-made-body waiting for a suitable place to be born. However most will panic and creep into a womb soon. Mind-made body is not a birth nor an existence.
ahtisarw
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@blue_ego in between existences so to speak
ruben2020
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@blue_ego what I meant above is, it is not a type of becoming (bhava) as in an upapattibhava. 

It is explained in this meditation: https://youtu.be/vu0UZDb3gKk?list=PLU20lc5t2oKs7tAmL-y2uD3e_lSJF01wT&t=5791
ahtisarw
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ruben2020
<p>From <a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_4.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mettagū’s Questions</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Whatever you’re alert to,</p>
<p>above, below,</p>
<p>across, <strong>in between</strong>:</p>
<p>Knowing it as a bond in the world,</p>
<p>don’t create craving</p>
<p>for becoming or non-.</p>
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<p>Similar slices appears in <a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_12.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bhadrāvudha’s Question</a> and <a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_5.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dhotaka’s Questions</a></p>

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non- what? non-becoming, non-returning?
Lowbrow
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non-becoming..see the footnotes. @Lowbrow
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blue_ego
<p><a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN46_3.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sīla Sutta  (SN 46:3)</a></p>
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<p>“If he doesn’t achieve gnosis soon in the here &amp; now and doesn’t
achieve gnosis at the time of death, then with the ending of the five
lower fetters,1 he is one unbound <strong>in between</strong>.2</p>
<p>“If he doesn’t achieve gnosis soon in the here &amp; now… and isn’t one
unbound <strong>in between</strong>, then he is one unbound on arrival.</p>
<p><em>2. This and the remaining four rewards are different types of non-returners. See AN 3:88, notes 3 and 4.</em></p>
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AN 3.88 commentary points out the vagueness of defining 'in between' in this context
blue_ego
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blue_ego
<p>I don't know where I am getting all these ideas; perhaps it's my failing memory, or whatever.  But which sutta does it say something about, &quot;...in-between worlds...&quot;?  I'm fairly certain I read this in the text...bummer i can't find it...what quality standard?</p>

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Or in between bodies?
ruben2020
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@ruben2020 hmm..no i suppose the word i'm considering is world, or realm, or dimension, etc..
blue_ego
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Where does it say "in-between worlds"?
# Where does it say "in-between worlds"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-04)

I don't know where I am getting all these ideas; perhaps it's my failing memory, or whatever. But which sutta does it say something about, "...in-between worlds..."? I'm fairly certain I read this in the text...bummer i can't find it...what quality standard?

**Tags:** reference-request, worldly

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Or in between bodies?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 hmm..no i suppose the word i'm considering is world, or realm, or dimension, etc..  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-07-04. Score: 2

> "“Bhikkhus, there are world interstices, vacant and abysmal regions of blinding darkness and gloom, where the light of the sun and moon, so powerful and mighty, does not reach.”" ~~ [SN 56.46](https://suttacentral.net/sn56.46/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false) ~~

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: This here means hells that are in-between two solar systems.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-08-29. Score: 2

Perhaps this:

> "But, Master Gotama, at the moment a flame is being swept on by the
> wind and goes a far distance, what do you designate as its sustenance
> then?"
>
> "Vaccha, when a flame is being swept on by the wind and goes a far
> distance, I designate it as wind-sustained, for the wind is its
> sustenance at that time."
>
> "And at the moment when a being sets this body aside and is not yet
> reborn in another body, what do you designate as its sustenance then?"
>
> "Vaccha, when a being sets this body aside and is not yet reborn in
> another body, I designate it as craving-sustained, for craving is its
> sustenance at that time."  
> [SN 44.9](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.009.than.html)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: "craving-sustained" is the world?  
> **username_3**: After a person's death, while most are born in the hells, animal realms & the plane of departed, out of the very few that get the chance to be reborn in the human world, a handful get a chance to to be born right away. i.e. when your house is destroyed, what are the chances that you get another house to your liking in an area that you like, right away? Likewise, majority of the ones waiting to be born in the human world will remain in a mind-made-body waiting for a suitable place to be born. However most will panic and creep into a womb soon. Mind-made body is not a birth nor an existence.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 in between existences so to speak  
> **username_3**: @username_0 what I meant above is, it is not a type of becoming (bhava) as in an upapattibhava.   It is explained in this meditation: https://youtu.be/vu0UZDb3gKk?list=PLU20lc5t2oKs7tAmL-y2uD3e_lSJF01wT&t=5791  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-08-06. Score: 0

From [Mettagū’s Questions](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_4.html):

> Whatever you’re alert to,
>
> above, below,
>
> across, **in between**:
>
> Knowing it as a bond in the world,
>
> don’t create craving
>
> for becoming or non-.

Similar slices appears in [Bhadrāvudha’s Question](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_12.html) and [Dhotaka’s Questions](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_5.html)

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: non- what? non-becoming, non-returning?  
> **username_0**: non-becoming..see the footnotes. @username_4  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2024-08-28. Score: 0

[Sīla Sutta (SN 46:3)](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN46_3.html)

> “If he doesn’t achieve gnosis soon in the here & now and doesn’t
> achieve gnosis at the time of death, then with the ending of the five
> lower fetters,1 he is one unbound **in between**.2
>
> “If he doesn’t achieve gnosis soon in the here & now… and isn’t one
> unbound **in between**, then he is one unbound on arrival.
>
> *2. This and the remaining four rewards are different types of non-returners. See AN 3:88, notes 3 and 4.*

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: AN 3.88 commentary points out the vagueness of defining 'in between' in this context  

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