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When one enters and remains in cessation of perception and feeling during death where in 31 planes of existence will he go to?

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The question is complete, no additional explanation of the question is needed. I just need the suttas. For reference: > “And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of the > infinitude of consciousness, (perceiving,) ‘There is nothing,’ > Sāriputta entered & remained in the **dimension of nothingness**. > Whatever qualities there are in the dimension of nothingness—the > perception of the dimension of nothingness, singleness of mind, > contact, feeling, perception, intention, consciousness, desire, > decision, persistence, mindfulness, equanimity, & attention—he > ferreted them out one after another. Known to him they arose, known to > him they became established, known to him they subsided. He discerned, > ‘So this is how these qualities, not having been, come into play. > Having been, they vanish.’ He remained unattracted & unrepelled with > regard to those qualities, independent, detached, released, > dissociated, with an awareness rid of barriers. He discerned that > ‘**There is a further escape**,’ and pursuing it, he confirmed that > ‘There is.’ > > “And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of > nothingness, Sāriputta entered & remained in the **dimension of > neither perception nor non-perception**. He emerged mindfully from > that attainment. On emerging mindfully from that attainment, he > regarded the past qualities that had ceased & changed: ‘So this is how > these qualities, not having been, come into play. Having been, they > vanish.’ He remained unattracted & unrepelled with regard to those > qualities, independent, detached, released, dissociated, with an > awareness rid of barriers. He discerned that ‘**There is a further > escape**,’ and pursuing it, he confirmed that ‘There is.’ > > “And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of > neither perception nor non-perception, Sāriputta entered & remained in > the **cessation of perception & feeling**. And when he saw with > discernment, his effluents were totally ended. He emerged mindfully > from that attainment. On emerging mindfully from that attainment, he > regarded the past qualities that had ceased & changed: ‘So this is how > these qualities, not having been, come into play. Having been, they > vanish.’ He remained unattracted & unrepelled with regard to those > qualities, independent, detached, released, dissociated, with an > awareness rid of barriers. He discerned that ‘**There is no further > escape**,’ and pursuing it, he confirmed that ‘There isn’t.’ > > > > [https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN111.html] > > > : https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN111.html > “And I have also taught the step-by-step cessation of fabrications. > When one has attained the first jhāna, speech has ceased. When one has > attained the second jhāna, directed thought & evaluation have ceased. > When one has attained the third jhāna, rapture has ceased. When one > has attained the fourth jhāna, in-and-out breathing has ceased. When > one has attained the dimension of the infinitude of space, the > perception of forms has ceased. When one has attained the dimension of > the infinitude of consciousness, the perception of the dimension of > the infinitude of space has ceased. When one has attained the > dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of the > infinitude of consciousness has ceased. When one has attained the > dimension of neither-perception nor non-perception, the perception of > the dimension of nothingness has ceased. When one has attained the > **cessation of perception & feeling**, perception & feeling have ceased. When a monk’s effluents have ended, passion has ceased, aversion has ceased, delusion has ceased. > > [https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN36_11.html] > > > : https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN36_11.html > “And this, monks, is the noble truth of the cessation of stress: the > remainderless fading & cessation, renunciation, relinquishment, > release, & **letting go of that very craving.** > > [https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN56_11.html] > Now from the remainderless fading & cessation of that very ignorance > comes the cessation of fabrications. From the cessation of > fabrications comes the cessation of consciousness. From the cessation > of consciousness comes the cessation of name-&-form. From the > cessation of name-&-form comes the cessation of the six sense media. > From the cessation of the six sense media comes the cessation of > contact. From the cessation of contact comes the **cessation of > feeling**. From the cessation of feeling comes the **cessation of > craving**. From the cessation of craving comes the cessation of > clinging/sustenance. From the cessation of clinging/sustenance comes > the cessation of becoming. From the cessation of becoming comes the > cessation of birth. From the cessation of birth, then aging-&-death, > sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair all cease. Such is the > cessation of this entire mass of stress & suffering.” > > [https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN12_15.html] > Then there is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending of > the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, (perceiving,) ‘There > is nothing,’ enters & remains in the dimension of nothingness. That is > its transcending. But that, too, I tell you, isn’t enough. Abandon it, > I tell you. Transcend it, I tell you. And what is its transcending? > > “Then there is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending > of the dimension of nothingness, enters & remains in the **dimension > of neither perception nor non-perception**. That is its transcending. > But that, too, I tell you, isn’t enough. **Abandon it**, I tell you. > Transcend it, I tell you. And what is its transcending? > > “There is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending of the > **dimension of neither perception nor non-perception**, enters & remains in the **cessation of perception & feeling**. That is its > transcending. > > “Thus, Udāyin, I speak even of the **abandoning** of the dimension of > neither perception nor non-perception. Do you see any fetter, large or > small, of whose abandoning I don’t speak?” > > “No, lord.” > > That is what the Blessed One said. Gratified, Ven. Udāyin delighted in > the Blessed One’s words. > > [https://www.dharmatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN66.html] > > > : https://www.dharmatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN66.html > Then there is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending of > the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, (perceiving,) ‘There > is nothing,’ enters & remains in the **dimension of nothingness**. If, > as he remains there, he is beset with attention to perceptions dealing > with the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, **that is an > affliction for him**.… > > “Then there is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending > of the dimension of nothingness, enters & remains in the **dimension > of neither perception nor non-perception**. If, as he remains there, > he is beset with attention to perceptions dealing with the dimension > of nothingness, **that is an affliction for him**. Now, the Blessed > One has said that whatever is an affliction is stress. So by this line > of reasoning it may be known how unbinding is pleasant. > > “Then there is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending > of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters & > remains in the **cessation of perception & feeling**. And as he sees > (that) with discernment, effluents are completely ended. So by this > line of reasoning it may be known how unbinding is pleasant.” > > [https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN9_34.html] > > > : https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN9_34.html > “Dependent on eye & forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of > the three is contact. With contact as a requisite condition, there is > **feeling**. What one feels, one **perceives** [labels in the mind]. > > [https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN18.html] > > > > > : https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN18.html May all beings be happy and liberated ❤️❤️ Metta 🙏🙏
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