[416] "And what, Ānanda, is that other happiness more excellent and more sublime than that happiness? Here, Ānanda, with the stilling of thought and examination (vitakka-vicāra), a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the second jhāna, which has internal confidence and unification of mind (citta), is without thought and without examination, and has rapture (pīti) and happiness born of concentration (samādhi). This, Ānanda, is that other happiness more excellent and more sublime than that happiness.
"Ānanda, those who would speak thus: 'This is the supreme, peaceful happiness and joy that they experience'¹ — I do not concede this to them. Why is that? Because, Ānanda, there is another happiness more excellent and more sublime than that happiness."
¹ [Text-critical note in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: the Yu (European/PTS) edition reads "sattā" (beings); likewise below.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.