The Long Āgama Sūtra 10.35

10.35

「云何九生法？謂九想：不淨想、觀食想、一切世間不可樂想、死想、無常想、無常苦想、苦無我想、盡想、無欲想。云何九知法？謂九異法：生果異、因果異。生觸異、因觸異。生受異、因受異。生想異、因想異。生集異、因集異。生欲異、因欲異。生利異、因利異。生求異、因求異。生煩惱異、因煩惱異。云何九證法？謂九盡：若入初禪，則聲刺滅。入第二禪，則覺觀刺滅。入第三禪，則喜刺滅。入第四禪，則出入息刺滅。入空處，則色想刺滅。入識處，則空想刺滅。入不用處，則識想刺滅。入有想無想處，則不用想刺滅。入滅盡定，則想受刺滅。諸比丘！是為九十法，如實不虛，如來知已，平等說法。

“What are nine things to produce? Nine concepts: The concept of impurity, concept that food is impure, concept that nothing in the world is enjoyable, concept of death, concept of impermanence, concept of the pain of impermanence, concept of the lack of self in pain, concept of the end [of suffering], and concept of lacking desire.

“What are nine things to know? The nine various things: [1] Various contacts arise because of [2] various [sensory] elements. [3] Various feelings arise because of various contacts. [4] Various concepts arise because of various feelings. [5] Various formations arise because of various concepts. [6] Various desires arise because of various formations. [7] Various profits arise because of various desires. [8] Various pursuits arise because of various profits. [9] Various afflictions arise because of various pursuits.

“What are nine things to be realized? The nine kinds of cessation: When the first dhyāna is entered, the thorn of sound is ceased. When the second dhyāna is entered, the thorns of perception and examination are ceased. When the third dhyāna is entered, the thorn of joy is ceased. When the fourth dhyāna is entered, the thorn of breathing is ceased. When the abode of space is entered, the thorn of perceiving form is ceased. When the abode of consciousness is entered, the thorn of perceiving space is ceased. When the abode of nothingness is entered, the thorn of perceiving consciousness is ceased. When the abode with and without conception is entered, the thorn of perceiving nothingness is ceased. When the samādhi of complete cessation is entered, the thorns of conception and feeling are ceased.

“Monks, these ninety things are true and not false. They’ve been known by the Tathāgata who teaches the Dharma equally.