Leisureless states, the eight a-ksana. The states in which there is no opportunity to practice the Dharma, namely being born in hell, as an animal, as a preta, among the long-lived gods, or in a barbaric country where there are no Buddhist monastic or lay followers; being dull-witted, deaf and dumb; being addicted to perverse views such as disbelief in rebirth or Liberation; and when no Buddha has appeared and taught the Dharma
the eight unfree states
<term> eight inopportune situations, eight places that preclude a perfect human birth, eight states of misfortune, eight unfavorable conditions, eight unfavorable existences, eight unfavorable states, eight unfree states