9 Jhanas

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(meditative absorptions, sometimes listed as the Four Jhanas and the formless realms):

1. Delightful Sensations
2. Joy
3. Contentment
4. Utter peacefulness
5. Infinity of space
6. Infinity of consciousness
7. No-thingness
8. Neither perception nor non-perception
9. Cessation

(from Anguttara Nikaya 9.36)