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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.
• Base for boundless-sky, when engaged in, perception of form has ceased.
• Base for boundless-cognition, when engaged in, perception of the base for boundless-sky has ceased.
• Base for possessionlessness, when engaged in, perception of the base for boundless-cognition has ceased.
• Base for neither-perception-nor-no-perception, when engaged in, perception of the base for possessionlessness has ceased.
• Cessation of perceptions and feelings, when engaged in, and perceptions and feelings have ceased.

OK these, almsmen, are nine successive cessations.'