[264] Which phenomena (dhammā) are wholesome?
On the occasion when one develops supramundane jhāna (lokuttaraṃ jhānaṃ) — leading out, leading to dismantling (niyyānikaṃ apacayagāmiṃ) — for the abandoning of wrong views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first level (bhūmi): with the subsiding of applied thought and sustained thought (vitakka-vicāra) … the second jhāna … the third jhāna … the fourth jhāna … the first jhāna … one enters upon and dwells in the fifth jhāna — of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ) … of painful practice and swift direct knowledge … of pleasant practice and sluggish direct knowledge … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge — on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are wholesome.
The Plain Modes of Practice (Suddhika-paṭipadā).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.