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Numbered Discourses · AN 9.31

  • Numbered Discourses 9.31Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.31
  • 3. Abodes of Sentient Beings3. Sattāvāsavagga

Progressive CessationsAnupubbanirodhasutta

“Mendicants, there are these nine progressive cessations.“Navayime, bhikkhave, anupubbanirodhā. What nine?Katame nava?

For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased.Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa kāmasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have ceased.dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vitakkavicārā niruddhā honti;

For someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has ceased.tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa pīti niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has ceased.catutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa assāsapassāsā niruddhā honti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased.ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samāpannassa rūpasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased.viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samāpannassa ākāsānañcāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased.ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samāpannassa viññāṇañcāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased.nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samāpannassa ākiñcaññāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpannassa saññā ca vedanā ca niruddhā honti.

These are the nine progressive cessations.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, nava anupubbanirodhā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. DN 33 Reciting in Concert 0.83near 0.1<em>Nine progressive cessations:</em> For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased. For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connect…
  2. DN 34 Up to Ten 0.71near 0.1<em>What nine things should be realized?</em> Nine progressive cessations. For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased. For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placi…
  3. SN 36.11 In Private 0.69near 0.1For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased. For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimensi…
  4. AN 9.32 Progressive Meditations 0.61near 0.1Numbered Discourses 9.32 4. The Great Chapter Progressive Meditations “Mendicants, there are these nine progressive meditations. What nine? The first absorption, the second absorption, the third absorption, the fourth ab…
  5. AN 9.24 Abodes of Sentient Beings 0.59near 0.1This is the sixth abode of sentient beings. There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infin…