The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Sixth Chapter for Recitation
Then the Gracious One, after emerging from the cessation of
perception and feeling, attained the sphere of neither-perception-nornon-perception,
and after emerging from the sphere of neitherperception-nor-non-perception
he attained the sphere of nothingness,
and after emerging from the sphere of nothingness he attained the
sphere of endless consciousness, and after emerging from the sphere of
endless consciousness he attained the sphere of endless space, and after
emerging from the sphere of endless space he attained the fourth
absorption, and after emerging from the fourth absorption he attained
the third absorption, and after emerging from the third absorption he
attained the second absorption, and after emerging from the second
absorption he attained the first absorption, and after emerging from
the first absorption he attained the second absorption, and after
emerging from the second absorption he attained the third absorption,
and after emerging from the third absorption he attained the fourth
absorption, and after emerging from the fourth absorption,
immediately the Gracious One attained Final Emancipation.
When the Gracious One attained Final Emancipation along with the
Emancipation there was a great earthquake, and an awful, horrifying
crash of the Divinities' (thunder) drum.
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