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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.'