five heavens of purity ［五浄居天］ ( shuddhāvāsa;  go-jōgo-ten): Also, five pure-dwelling heavens or heavens of purity. The five highest heavens among the eighteen heavens in the world of form. They are (1) the Heaven of No Vexations ( Avriha); (2) the Heaven of No Heat (Atapa), a realm that is free of distress; (3) the Reward Appearing Heaven (Sudrisha), where one is able to receive the reward of one’s good deeds; (4) the Heaven of Clear Perception (Sudarshana); and (5) the Akanishtha Heaven, the highest heaven of the world of form. Those reaching the stage of the non-returner, or the second highest of the four stages of enlightenment taught in early Buddhism, are said to be reborn among these heavens.