[1302] And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu, developing the four jhānas (jhāna), cultivating the four jhānas, slant towards Nibbāna, slope towards Nibbāna, incline towards Nibbāna? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by thought and examination (vitakka-vicāra), with rapture and happiness born of seclusion. With the subsiding of thought and examination … the second jhāna. The third jhāna. He enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna. Thus indeed, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, developing the four jhānas, cultivating the four jhānas, slants towards Nibbāna, slopes towards Nibbāna, inclines towards Nibbāna. (Thus the text should be elaborated in full as far as the searches [esanā].)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.