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S.: Does one pass over (saṅkamati) from the third jhāna to the fourth jhāna?
P.: Yes.
S.: The adverting (āvajjanā) … the resolve (paṇidhi) that there is for the arising of the third jhāna — is that very same the adverting … the resolve for the arising of the fourth jhāna?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: One passes over from the third jhāna to the fourth jhāna, and yet it should not be said that the adverting … the resolve that there is for the arising of the third jhāna is that very same adverting … resolve for the arising of the fourth jhāna?
P.: Yes.
S.: Does the fourth jhāna arise for one who is not adverting … does it arise for one who is not resolving?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Does not the fourth jhāna arise for one who is adverting … does it not arise for one who is resolving?
P.: Yes.
S.: If the fourth jhāna arises for one who is adverting … arises for one who is resolving, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said, "One passes over from the third jhāna to the fourth jhāna."
S.: Does one pass over from the third jhāna to the fourth jhāna?
P.: Yes.
S.: Does the third jhāna arise for one attending to rapture (pīti) as a danger (ādīnava)?
P.: Yes.
S.: Does the fourth jhāna arise for one attending to rapture as a danger?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Is the third jhāna accompanied by pleasure (sukha)?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is the fourth jhāna accompanied by pleasure?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
S.: Does one pass over from the third jhāna to the fourth jhāna?
P.: Yes.
S.: Is that very third jhāna itself the fourth jhāna?
P.: It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.