Is it possible for a layperson to enter jhāna?

Here is the quote: dhp 110-112

110. Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled.

111. Better it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.

112. Better it is to live one day strenuous and resolute than to live a hundred years sluggish and dissipated.

Original Pāḷi

yo ca vassasataṃ jīve, dussīlo asamāhito,
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo, sīlavantassa jhāyino.
111.
yo ca vassasataṃ jīve, duppañño asamāhito,
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo, paññavantassa jhāyino.
112.
yo ca vassasataṃ jīve, kusīto hīnavīriyo,
ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo, vīriyamārabhato daḷhaṃ.

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