11.
The Discourse on Gradual Cessation
31.
"Monks, there are these nine gradual cessations.
Which nine?
For one who has attained the first meditative absorption, perception of sensuality has ceased;
for one who has attained the second meditative absorption, applied and sustained thought have ceased;
for one who has attained the third meditative absorption, rapture has ceased;
for one who has attained the fourth meditative absorption, in-breath and out-breath have ceased;
for one who has attained the plane of infinite space, perception of material form has ceased;
for one who has attained the plane of infinite consciousness, perception of the plane of infinite space has ceased;
for one who has attained the plane of nothingness, perception of the plane of infinite consciousness has ceased;
for one who has attained the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, perception of the plane of nothingness has ceased;
For one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.
These, monks, are the nine gradual cessations."
The eleventh.