AN 9.31 Anupubbanirodha Sutta

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AN 9.31 Anupubbanirodha Sutta : Step-by-step Stopping
"Monks, there are these nine step-by-step stoppings. Which nine?

"When one has attained the first jhana/trance state, the perception of sensuality has been stopped. When one has attained the second jhana/trance state, directed thoughts & discernments (verbal fabrications) have been stopped. When one has attained the third jhana/trance state, rapture has been stopped. When one has attained the fourth jhana/trance state, in-and-out breaths (bodily fabrications) have been stopped. When one has attained the dimension of the infinitude of space, the perception of forms has been stopped. When one has attained the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, the perception of the dimension of the infinitude of space has been stopped. When one has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness has been stopped. When one has attained the dimension of neither-perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has been stopped. When one has attained the cessation of perception & feeling, perceptions & feelings/sensations (mental fabrications) have been stopped.

"These are the nine step-by-step stoppings."

See also: SN 36.11