[100] Having abandoned these five hindrances (nīvaraṇa), corruptions of the mind (citta) that weaken wisdom, then, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, he enters and dwells in the first meditative absorption (jhāna), which is accompanied by thought and examination (vitakka-vicāra), with rapture and happiness born of seclusion. With the stilling of thought and examination … he enters and dwells in the second absorption. With the fading away of rapture … he enters and dwells in the third absorption. With the abandoning of pleasure … he enters and dwells in the fourth absorption.
Brahmin, such is my instruction to those bhikkhus who are trainees, who have not yet attained their mind's ideal, who dwell aspiring to the unsurpassed security from bondage (yogakkhema). But as for those bhikkhus who are arahants, whose taints (āsava) are destroyed, who have lived the life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached their own true goal, utterly destroyed the fetters of existence, and who are liberated through final knowledge — for them these things lead both to a pleasant abiding in this very life and to mindfulness and clear comprehension.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.