Attainment of cessation

nirodha-samāpatti

Serenity (samatha) Going deeper Stage 6 of 8

Cessation of perception and feeling (the ninth).

On the path: 6 · Mindfulness and immersion — How does the mind become present, steady and penetrating? Satipaṭṭhāna, mindfulness of breathing, the factors of awakening, samādhi, the absorptions, serenity and insight. → to this stage in the learning path

In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of nine · Realizing · DN 33 · dn33:3.2.82

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The meditation of the noble ones Theravāda · concentration, insight & the four stages of awakening
The nine attainments and entering the fruit Meditation / jhāna (part 4)

Across all traditions

Passages where nirodha-samāpatti occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Mahāyāna sūtras · Abhidharmakośabhāṣya · Sanskrit

[411|19] dhyānavimokṣasamādhisamāpattijñānabalaṃ nava jñānāni / nirodha jñānaṃ hitvā /
Sanskrit Vinaya · Bhikṣuṇīvinaya · Sanskrit

ye dharmā hetuprabhavā | hetun teṣān tathāgato hy avadat | teṣāñ ca yo nirodha | evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ ||
Indian tantras · Mahāmantrānusāriṇī · Sanskrit

(A) śubham astu sarvajagatāṃ / (B) ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetus teṣāṃ tathāgataḥ / hy avadat teṣāṃ yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ / śubhaṃ /
Mahāyāna sūtras · 大般若波羅蜜多經(第401卷-第600卷) · Chinese

修行般若波羅蜜多菩薩摩訶薩，不見色與空相應，亦不見空與色相應，不見受、想、行、識與空相應，亦不見空與受、想、行、識相應；不見眼處與空相應，亦不見空與眼處相應，不見耳、鼻、舌、身、意處與空相應，亦不見空與耳、鼻、舌、身、意處相應；不見色處與空相應，亦不見空與色處相應，不見聲、香、味、觸、法處與空相應，亦不見空與聲、香、味、觸、法處相應；不見眼界、色界、眼識界與空相應，亦不見空與眼界、色界、眼識界相應；不見耳界、聲界、耳識界與空相應，亦不見空與耳界、聲界、耳識界相應；不見鼻界、香界、鼻識界 …

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