For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased.

For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased.

For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.

These are the nine progressive cessations.”

Numbered Discourses 9.32 4. The Great Chapter Progressive Meditations

“Mendicants, there are these nine progressive meditations. What nine? 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. These are the nine progressive meditations.”

Numbered Discourses 9.33 4. The Great Chapter The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments

“Mendicants, I will teach you the nine progressive meditative attainments … And what are the nine progressive meditative attainments?