[32] "And how, Mahānāma, is a noble disciple one who obtains at will, without trouble, without difficulty, the four jhānas (jhāna) that pertain to the higher mind (citta) and are pleasant abidings in this very life? Here, Mahānāma, a noble disciple, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by thought (vitakka) and examination (vicāra), with rapture (pīti) and pleasure born of seclusion. With the subsiding of thought and examination, he enters and dwells in the second jhāna, which has internal confidence and unification of mind, is without thought and without examination, with rapture and pleasure born of concentration (samādhi). With the fading away of rapture, he dwells in equanimity, with mindfulness and clear comprehension (sampajañña), and he experiences pleasure with the body; he enters and dwells in the third jhāna, on account of which the noble ones declare: 'He is equanimous, mindful, one who dwells in pleasure.' With the abandoning of pleasure and the abandoning of pain, and with the previous disappearance of joy and grief, he enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna, which is neither painful nor pleasant and has purity of mindfulness due to equanimity. Thus indeed, Mahānāma, a noble disciple is one who obtains at will, without trouble, without difficulty, the four jhānas that pertain to the higher mind and are pleasant abidings in this very life."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.