Nine states of concentration that one may attain during a human life, namely the four concentrations corresponding to the form realm, the four formless absorptions, and the attainment of the state of cessation.

Nine states of concentration that one may attain during a human life, namely the four concentrations corresponding to the form realm, the four formless absorptions, and the attainment of the state of cessation.

The four dhyānas, the four formless absorptions, and the absorption of cessation.

Nine states of concentration that one may attain during a human life, corresponding to the four concentrations found in the form realm, the four concentrations found in the formless realm, and the attainment of the state of cessation.

The nine levels of meditative absorption that one may attain during a human life, namely the four meditative concentrations corresponding to the realm of form (caturdhyāna), the four formless meditative absorptions (caturārūpya­samāpatti), and the attainment of the state of cessation. For an explanation of the nine serial steps of meditative absorption in this text, see UT22084-026-001-1320. These are also summarized in Jamgon Kongtrul TOK Book 6, Pt. 2: pp. 428–29.

The four dhyānas, the four absorptions of the formless realm, and absorption in cessation.

The four concentrations, the four formless states, and the equilibrium of cessation.

(1–4) the four meditative states, (5–8) the four absorptions within the formless realm (caturārūpyasamāpatti, gzugs med [snyoms ’jug] bzhi), and (9) the meditative absorption of cessation (nirodhasamāpatti, ’gog pa’i snyoms ’jug).

Nine meditative absorptions in a series: four in the form realm, four in the formless realms, and finally the absorption of cessation.

The four attainments corresponding to the form realm, the four formless absorptions, and the attainment of the state of cessation.