[667] "That noble disciple, headman, who is thus rid of covetousness and rid of ill will, unconfused, clearly comprehending, ever mindful, dwells pervading one quarter with a mind imbued with loving-kindness (mettā); likewise the second quarter; likewise the third; likewise the fourth. Thus above, below, across, everywhere, and to all as to himself, he dwells pervading the entire world with a mind imbued with loving-kindness — abundant, exalted, measureless, without hostility, without ill will. He reflects thus: 'This teacher holds such a doctrine and such a view: "There is what is given, there is what is offered, there is what is sacrificed; there is fruit and result of deeds well done and ill done; there is this world, there is the other world; there is mother, there is father; there are beings spontaneously reborn; there are in the world ascetics and brahmins faring rightly and practicing rightly who, having realized this world and the other world for themselves by direct knowledge, make them known." If the word of that honored teacher is true, then it is incontrovertible for me — I who oppress no one, whether frail or firm — that in both respects I have made a lucky throw: in that I am restrained in body, restrained in speech, restrained in mind; and in that, with the breakup of the body, after death, I shall be reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world.' Gladness is born in him; in one who is gladdened, rapture (pīti) is born; for one whose mind is filled with rapture, the body becomes tranquil; one tranquil in body feels happiness; for one who is happy, the mind (citta) becomes concentrated. This, headman, is concentration of the Dhamma (dhammasamādhi). If you were to gain concentration of mind (cittasamādhi) therein, in this way you might abandon this state of perplexity."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.