1"Friend Sāriputta, it is said, ‘one who has attained consolation, one who has attained consolation.’ In what way, friend, has one attained consolation?" [n.273] Assasapatta. The answer is a coded formula for the sekha. The next sutta, on paramassāsapatta, concerns the arahant.

"When, friend, a bhikkhu understands as it really is the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in the case of the six bases for contact, in this way he has attained consolation."

"But, friend, is there a path, is there a way for the realization of this consolation?"

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

1"‘Assāsappatto, assāsappatto’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, assāsappatto hotī"ti?

"Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, assāsappatto hotī"ti.

"Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti? "Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti. "Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti?

"Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti. "Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāya. Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.