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The Discourse on Progressive Abidings
32.
"Monks, there are these nine progressive abidings.
Which nine?
The first meditative absorption, the second meditative absorption, the third meditative absorption, the fourth meditative absorption, the plane of infinite space, the plane of infinite consciousness, the plane of nothingness, the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, the cessation of perception and feeling -
these, monks, are the nine progressive abidings."
The first.