[603] At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of meditators (jhāyī). Which four? Here, bhikkhus, a certain meditator is skilled in attainment regarding concentration (samādhi) but is not one who does what is suitable regarding concentration. Here again, bhikkhus, a certain meditator is one who does what is suitable regarding concentration but is not skilled in attainment regarding concentration. Here again, bhikkhus, a certain meditator is neither skilled in attainment regarding concentration nor one who does what is suitable regarding concentration. Here again, bhikkhus, a certain meditator is both skilled in attainment regarding concentration and one who does what is suitable regarding concentration. Therein, bhikkhus, the meditator who is both skilled in attainment regarding concentration and one who does what is suitable regarding concentration is the foremost, the best, the preeminent, the highest, and the most excellent of these four meditators. Just as, bhikkhus, from the cow comes milk, from milk comes curds, from curds comes butter, from butter comes ghee, and from ghee comes the cream of ghee, which is reckoned the foremost of them all — even so, bhikkhus, the meditator who is both skilled in attainment regarding concentration and one who does what is suitable regarding concentration is the foremost, the best, the preeminent, the highest, and the most excellent of these four meditators."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.