[417] "And what, Ānanda, is another pleasure more excellent and more sublime than that pleasure? Here, Ānanda, with the fading away of rapture (pīti), a bhikkhu dwells in equanimity (upekkhā), mindful and clearly comprehending, and he experiences pleasure with the body; he enters and dwells in the third jhāna, of which the noble ones declare: 'He is equanimous, mindful, one who dwells in pleasure.' This, Ānanda, is another pleasure more excellent and more sublime than that pleasure. Now, Ānanda, if any should say: 'This is the supreme, peaceful pleasure and joy that beings experience' — I do not concede this to them. For what reason? Because, Ānanda, there is another pleasure more excellent and more sublime than that pleasure."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.