[327] "Furthermore, student, with the fading away of rapture (pīti), a bhikkhu dwells equanimous, mindful (sato) and clearly comprehending (sampajāno), and he experiences happiness with the body; he enters and dwells in the third jhāna, of which the noble ones declare: 'Equanimous and mindful, one dwells in happiness.' He drenches, steeps, fills, and pervades this very body with the happiness free from rapture, so that there is no part of his whole body that is unpervaded by the happiness free from rapture.
Just as, student, in a pond of blue lotuses, a pond of red lotuses, or a pond of white lotuses, some blue lotuses, red lotuses, or white lotuses are born in the water, grow in the water, do not rise above the water, and thrive immersed within it; and from their tips down to their roots they are drenched, steeped, filled, and pervaded with cool water, so that there is no part of the whole of those blue lotuses, red lotuses, or white lotuses that is unpervaded by cool water — even so, student, a bhikkhu … Insofar as, student, a bhikkhu, with the fading away of rapture … enters and dwells in the third jhāna, and drenches, steeps, fills, and pervades this very body with the happiness free from rapture, so that there is no part of his whole body that is unpervaded by the happiness free from rapture — this too pertains to his concentration (samādhi)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.