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Successive Cessations

Aṅguttara Nikāya
Navakanipātapāḷi
Paṭhamapaṇṇāsakaṃ
Sattāvāsavaggo
Anupubbanirodhasuttaṃ
AN9.31

'These nine, almsmen, are successive cessations. Which nine?

  1. First radiance, when engaged in, lust perception has ceased.
  2. Second radiance, when engaged in, thoughts and thinking have ceased.
  3. Third radiance, when engaged in, pleasantness has ceased.
  4. Forth radiance, when engaged in, breathing in and breathing out have ceased.
  5. Boundless sky as base, when engaged in, perception of form has ceased.
  6. Boundless cognition as base, when engaged in, perception of boundless sky as base has ceased.
  7. Possessionlessness as base, when engaged in, perception of boundless cognition as base has ceased.
  8. Neither-perception-nor-no-perception as base, when engaged in, perception of possessionlessness as base has ceased.
  9. Cessation of perception of the felt, when engaged in, and perception and feeling have ceased.

OK these, almsmen, are nine successive cessations.'