[423] "And what, Ānanda, is that other happiness more excellent (abhikkantatara) and more sublime (paṇītatara) than that happiness? Here, Ānanda, a bhikkhu, having completely transcended the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana), enters and dwells in the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana). This, Ānanda, is that other happiness more excellent and more sublime than that happiness.
"Ānanda, should any speak thus: 'This is the supreme, peaceful happiness and joy that beings experience' — this I do not concede to them. For what reason? Because, Ānanda, there is another happiness more excellent and more sublime than that happiness."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.