Successive Cessations
Aṅguttara Nikāya
Navakanipātapāḷi
Paṭhamapaṇṇāsakaṃ
Sattāvāsavaggo
Anupubbanirodhasuttaṃ
AN9.31
'These nine, almsmen, are successive cessations.
Which nine?
- First radiance, when engaged in, lust perception has ceased.
- Second radiance, when engaged in, thoughts and thinking have ceased.
- Third radiance, when engaged in, pleasantness has ceased.
- Forth radiance, when engaged in, breathing in and breathing out have ceased.
- Boundless sky as base, when engaged in, perception of form has ceased.
- Boundless cognition as base, when engaged in, perception of boundless sky as base has ceased.
- Possessionlessness as base, when engaged in, perception of boundless cognition as base has ceased.
- Neither-perception-nor-no-perception as base, when engaged in, perception of possessionlessness as base has ceased.
- Cessation of perception of the felt, when engaged in, and perception and feeling have ceased.
OK these, almsmen, are nine successive cessations.'