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Progressive Cessations

Anupubbanirodhasutta

Nine meditative states, each of which arises from the cessation of something present in the previous state.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.31Numbered Discourses 9.31
  • 0.23. Sattāvāsavagga3. Abodes of Sentient Beings

0.3AnupubbanirodhasuttaProgressive Cessations

1.1“Navayime, bhikkhave, anupubbanirodhā.“Mendicants, there are these nine progressive cessations.1.2Katame nava?What nine?

1.3Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa kāmasaññā niruddhā hoti;For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased.

1.4dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vitakkavicārā niruddhā honti;For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have ceased.

1.5tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa pīti niruddhā hoti;For someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has ceased.

1.6catutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa assāsapassāsā niruddhā honti;For someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has ceased.

1.7ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samāpannassa rūpasaññā niruddhā hoti;For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased.

1.8viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samāpannassa ākāsānañcāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased.

1.9ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samāpannassa viññāṇañcāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased.

1.10nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samāpannassa ākiñcaññāyatanasaññā niruddhā hoti;For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased.

1.11saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpannassa saññā ca vedanā ca niruddhā honti.For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.

1.12Ime kho, bhikkhave, nava anupubbanirodhā”ti.These are the nine progressive cessations.”

1.13Ekādasamaṁ.

1.14Sattāvāsavaggo tatiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Tiṭhānaṁ khaḷuṅko taṇhā,2.2Sattapaññā silāyupo;2.3Dve verā dve āghātāni,2.4Anupubbanirodhena cāti.