[355] Nine progressive abidings (anupubbavihārā). Here, friends, a bhikkhu, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome dhammas, enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by thought (vitakka) and examination (vicāra), with rapture (pīti) and happiness born of seclusion. With the stilling of thought and examination, he enters and dwells in the second jhāna, which has internal confidence and unification of mind (citta), is without thought and without examination, with rapture and happiness born of concentration (samādhi). With the fading away of rapture, he dwells with equanimity (upekkhā), mindful and clearly comprehending (sato ca sampajāno), and he experiences happiness with the body — that of which the noble ones declare: 'Equanimous and mindful, he dwells in happiness' — thus he enters and dwells in the third jhāna. With the abandoning of pleasure and the abandoning of pain, and with the previous disappearance of joy and grief, he enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna, which is neither-painful-nor-pleasant and has purity of mindfulness (sati) due to equanimity. With the complete transcending of perceptions (saññā) of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of sensory impact, with non-attention to perceptions of diversity, [aware that] 'space is infinite,' he enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of space. Completely transcending the base of the infinity of space, [aware that] 'consciousness is infinite,' he enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of consciousness. Completely transcending the base of the infinity of consciousness, [aware that] 'there is nothing at all,' he enters and dwells in the base of nothingness. Completely transcending the base of nothingness, he enters and dwells in the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. Completely transcending the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, he enters and dwells in the cessation (nirodha) of perception and feeling (vedanā).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.