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  • Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.32  Numbered Discourses 9.32
  • 4. Mahāvagga  4. The Great Chapter

Anupubbavihārasutta  Progressive Meditations

“Navayime, bhikkhave, anupubbavihārā.  “Mendicants, there are these nine progressive meditations.
Katame nava?  What nine?
Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ, dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ, tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ, catutthaṁ jhānaṁ, ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ, viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ, ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ, saññāvedayitanirodho— 
Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ → ettha bj, pts1ed potthakesu “idha bhikkhave bhikkhu vivicceva …” vittharena
The first absorption, the second absorption, the third absorption, the fourth absorption, the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness, the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, and the cessation of perception and feeling.
ime kho, bhikkhave, nava anupubbavihārā”ti.  These are the nine progressive meditations.”

Paṭhamaṁ. 

Pali MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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