Sambādhasutta
AN 9.42
Cramped
At Udāyī’s request, Ānanda explains an obscure verse spoken (in SN 2.7) by a deity. The nine progressive meditations are the escape from confinement.
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Kāyasakkhīsutta
AN 9.43
A Direct Witness
The Buddha speaks of a “direct witness’, that is, someone who personally has thorough and proficient experience of the different meditation states.
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Paññāvimuttasutta
AN 9.44
Freed by Wisdom
One liberated by wisdom first enters the meditation states, then understands them.
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Ubhatobhāgavimuttasutta
AN 9.45
Freed Both Ways
One freed both ways is both proficient in and understands the meditation states.
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Sandiṭṭhikadhammasutta
AN 9.46
In the Present Life
The teaching apparent in the present life is experienced provisionally in deep meditation, and completely when the defilements end.
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Sandiṭṭhikanibbānasutta
AN 9.47
Extinguishment Is Apparent in the Present Life
Extinguishment apparent in the present life is experienced provisionally in deep meditation, and completely when the defilements end.
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Nibbānasutta
AN 9.48
Extinguishment
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Parinibbānasutta
AN 9.49
Full Extinguishment
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Tadaṅganibbānasutta
AN 9.50
Extinguishment in a Certain Respect
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Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta
AN 9.51