[608] At Sāvatthī. "… is skilled in the range (gocara) regarding concentration (samādhi) but not skilled in resolution (abhinīhāra) regarding concentration. … is skilled in resolution regarding concentration but not skilled in the range regarding concentration. … is neither skilled in the range regarding concentration nor skilled in resolution regarding concentration. … is both skilled in the range regarding concentration and skilled in resolution regarding concentration. Just as, bhikkhus, from a cow comes milk, from milk comes curd, from curd comes butter, from butter comes ghee, and from ghee comes the cream of ghee, which is declared the foremost among these — even so, bhikkhus, the meditator who is both skilled in the range regarding concentration and skilled in resolution regarding concentration is, of these four meditators, … the highest and the most excellent."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.