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guttara NikÄya 9.61 Numbered Discourses 9.61
6. Khemavagga 6. A Safe Place
Anupubbanirodhasutta Progressive Cessation
āāAnupubbanirodho, anupubbanirodhoāti, Ävuso, vuccati. āReverend, they speak of āprogressive cessationā.
KittÄvatÄ nu kho, Ävuso, anupubbanirodho vutto bhagavatÄāti? What is the progressive cessation that the Buddha spoke of?ā
āIdhÄvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kÄmehi ā¦peā¦ paį¹hamaį¹ jhÄnaį¹ upasampajja viharati. āFirst, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures ā¦ enters and remains in the first absorption.
EttÄvatÄpi kho, Ävuso, anupubbanirodho vutto bhagavatÄ pariyÄyena ā¦peā¦. To this extent the Buddha spoke of progressive cessation in a qualified sense. ā¦
Puna caparaį¹, Ävuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaƱƱÄnÄsaƱƱÄyatanaį¹ samatikkamma saƱƱÄvedayitanirodhaį¹ upasampajja viharati, paƱƱÄya cassa disvÄ ÄsavÄ parikkhÄ«į¹Ä honti. Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.
EttÄvatÄpi kho, Ävuso, anupubbanirodho vutto bhagavatÄ nippariyÄyenÄāti. To this extent the Buddha spoke of progressive cessation in a definitive sense.ā
Dasamaį¹.