The Mahānidāna Skillful Means Sūtra, the Ninth (Dīrgha Āgama, Sūtra No. 9)

（十）Original text: 佛告阿难。七识住。二入处。诸有沙门婆罗门言。此处安隐。为救为护。为舍为灯。为明为归。为不虚妄。为不烦恼。云何为七。或有众生。若干种身。若干种想。天及人。此是初识住处。诸沙门婆罗门言。此处安隐。为救为护。为舍为灯。为明为归。为不虚妄。为不烦恼。阿难。若比丘知初识住。知集知灭。知味知过。知出要。如实知者。阿难。彼比丘言。彼非我。我非彼。如实知见。 

Explanation: The Buddha told Ānanda: There are seven stations of consciousness and two bases of entry, which you should know. The śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas say that these seven stations of consciousness and two bases of entry are secure, are places that can be protected and rescued, are houses and bright lamps, are light and places of refuge, are places that are real and not false, and are places free from afflictions. What are the seven stations of consciousness? The first station of consciousness is among humans and devas: there are sentient beings with the material bodies of humans and devas, of various kinds of bodies and various kinds of perception. The śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas say that the abode of humans and devas is secure, protected and rescued, a house in which one may dwell, a bright lamp that can illuminate, a light, a place of reliance, a place that is real and not false, and a place free from afflictions.

Ānanda, if bhikṣus know the first station of consciousness, knowing its arising and ceasing, knowing its flavor of craving and stickiness, knowing its faults and disadvantages, and knowing the way to escape from it, and know the first station of consciousness as it truly is, then the bhikṣus will say: that station of consciousness is not me, and I am not that station of consciousness; I know and see this truth as it really is. 

Original text: 或有众生。若干种身而一想。梵光音天是。或有众生。一身若干种想。光音天是。或有众生一身一想。遍净天是。或有众生。住空处。或有众生。住识处。或有众生。住不用处。是为七识住处。或有沙门婆罗门言。此处安隐。为救为护。为舍为灯。为明为归。为不虚妄。为不烦恼。阿难。若比丘知七识住。知集知灭。知味知过。知出要。如实知见。彼比丘言。彼非我。我非彼。如实知见。是为七识住。 

Explanation: The second station of consciousness is among the devas of the Brahmā-purohita heaven in the first dhyāna of the form realm, where the material bodies are of several kinds, yet there is only one kind of perception; the third station of consciousness is among the devas of the Ābhāsvara heaven in the second dhyāna, where the material body is of only one kind, yet there are several kinds of perception; the fourth station of consciousness is among the devas of the Subhakṛtsna heaven in the third dhyāna, where the material body is of only one kind, and the perception is also of only one kind; the fifth station of consciousness is among the devas of the Ākāśānantyāyatana heaven in the formless realm, where there is no material body, only extremely subtle perception; the sixth station of consciousness is among the devas of the Vijñānānantyāyatana heaven, likewise without a material body, with only even subtler perception; the seventh station of consciousness is among the devas of the Ākiṃcanyāyatana heaven, where there is no material body, and the perception is even subtler and harder to know. These are the seven stations of consciousness.
Some śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas say that these stations are secure, that they offer protection and rescue, that they are houses, bright lamps, light, places to rely upon and take refuge in, places that are not false, and places without afflictions. Ānanda, if the bhikṣus can know the seven stations of consciousness, knowing their arising and cessation, the flavor of craving and the faults of the seven stations of consciousness, and knowing the essential way to escape from the seven stations of consciousness, and can know and see these stations as they truly are, then the bhikṣus will say: the seven stations of consciousness are not me, and I am not the seven stations of consciousness; being able to know and see the seven stations of consciousness as they truly is—this is the seven stations of consciousness.