1"Friend Sāriputta, it is said, ‘clinging, clinging.’ What now is clinging?"

"There are, friend, these four kinds of clinging: clinging to sensual pleasures, clinging to views, clinging to rules and vows, clinging to a doctrine of self. These are the four kinds of clinging."

"But, friend, is there a path, is there a way for the abandonment of these four kinds of clinging?"

"There is a path, friend, there is a way … this Noble Eightfold Path … ."

1"‘Upādānaṁ, upādānan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, upādānan"ti?

"Cattārimāni, āvuso, upādānāni. Kāmupādānaṁ, diṭṭhupādānaṁ sīlabbatupādānaṁ, attavādupādānaṁ – imāni kho, āvuso, cattāri upādānānī"ti.

"Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāyā"ti?

"Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāyā"ti. "Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāyā"ti? "Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāya, seyyathidaṁ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāyā"ti. "Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāya. Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā"ti.

Dvādasamaṁ.