To facilitate the comparison of the different progressions of samadhi in the canon, I have put together the table below. There may be more, but this is what I found. I did not see where ideation ceases.
MN119 | AN10.72 | AN9.31 | DN9 |
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vitakki and vicara present | vitakki and vicara present | vitakki and vicara present | vitakki and vicara present |
vitakki and vicara absent | vitakki and vicara absent | vitakki and vicara absent | vitakki and vicara absent |
rapture absent | rapture absent | rapture absent | rapture absent |
(see below) | breathing absent | breathing absent | pleasure and pain absent |
x | (see below) | perception of form absent | perception of form absent |
x | x | perception of the dimension of infinite space absent | perception of the dimension of infinite space absent |
x | x | perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness absent | perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness absent |
x | x | perception of the dimension of nothingness absent | perception of the dimension of nothingness absent |
pleasure and pain absent | perception and feelings absent | perception and feeling absent | perception absent (note the absence of feeling here and the mention of pleasure and pain being absent above. When does neutral feeling cease? ) |