• Numbered Discourses 9.31 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 9.31
  • 3. Abodes of Sentient Beings 3. Sattāvāsavagga

Progressive Cessations Anupubbanirodhasutta

ā€œMendicants, there are these nine progressive cessations. ā€œNavayime, bhikkhave, anupubbanirodhā. What nine? Katame nava?

For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased. Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa kāmasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have ceased. dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vitakkavicārā niruddhā honti;

For someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has ceased. tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa pīti niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has ceased. catutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa assāsapassāsā niruddhā honti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased. ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samāpannassa rūpasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased. viññāṇaƱcāyatanaṁ samāpannassa ākāsānaƱcāyatanasaƱƱā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased. ākiƱcaƱƱāyatanaṁ samāpannassa viññāṇaƱcāyatanasaƱƱā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased. nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samāpannassa ākiñcaññāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;

For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased. saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpannassa saññā ca vedanā ca niruddhā honti.

These are the nine progressive cessations.ā€ Ime kho, bhikkhave, nava anupubbanirodhÄā€ti.

Sattāvāsavaggo tatiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Tiį¹­hānaṁ khaįø·uį¹…ko taṇhā, SattapaƱƱā silāyupo; Dve verā dve āghātāni, Anupubbanirodhena cāti.