Aṅguttara Nikāya — Discursos Numerados — 9.31 — Progressive Cessations

1“Mendicants, there are these nine progressive cessations. What nine?

2For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased.

3For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have ceased.

4For someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has ceased.

5For someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has ceased.

6For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased.

7For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased.

8For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased.

9For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased.

10For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.

11These are the nine progressive cessations.”