[356] Nine successive cessations (anupubbanirodhā):
For one who has attained the first jhāna, perception (saññā) of sensuality has ceased. For one who has attained the second jhāna, applied thought and sustained thought (vitakka-vicārā) have ceased. For one who has attained the third jhāna, rapture (pīti) has ceased. For one who has attained the fourth jhāna, in-breathing and out-breathing have ceased. For one who has attained the base of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana), perception of form has ceased. For one who has attained the base of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana), the perception of the base of the infinity of space has ceased. For one who has attained the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana), the perception of the base of the infinity of consciousness has ceased. For one who has attained the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), the perception of the base of nothingness has ceased. For one who has attained the cessation (nirodha) of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha), perception and feeling (vedanā) have ceased.
These, friends, are the nine dhammas rightly proclaimed by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One. Therein all should recite in concert … for the benefit, for the welfare, for the happiness of gods and humans.
And the repetition series (peyyāla) of the Nines.
The Nines of the Saṅgīti are concluded.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.