Conditioned by volitional formations, consciousness arises. (Part 3)

If one strives to attain the rūpāvacara jhānas (fine-material sphere absorptions), rūpa kusala sankhāras (meritorious volitional formations pertaining to the fine-material sphere) arise. From these meritorious formations, the five types of rūpāvacara vipāka viññāṇa (resultant consciousness pertaining to the fine-material sphere) will arise. The rebirth-linking consciousness (paṭisandhi-citta) occurs with one suitable type from these five, and one becomes a Great Brahma God in the fine-material sphere. If one dies with a first rūpāvacara jhāna kusala citta (meritorious first jhāna consciousness), that kusala consciousness causes the arising of the first jhāna vipāka citta (resultant consciousness), and one is reborn as a Brahma in the three realms of the first jhāna. The resultant consciousness of the second jhāna leads to the three realms of the second jhāna; the third jhāna resultant consciousness leads to the three realms of the third jhāna; the fourth jhāna resultant consciousnes...