1"Friend Sāriputta, it is said, ‘one who has attained supreme consolation, one who has attained supreme consolation.’ In what way, friend, has one attained supreme consolation?"

"When, friend, sn.iv.255 having understood 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, a bhikkhu is liberated by nonclinging, in this way he has attained supreme consolation."

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

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

1"‘Paramassāsappatto, paramassāsappatto’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, paramassāsappatto hotī"ti?

"Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ viditvā anupādāvimutto hoti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, paramassāsappatto hotī"ti.

"Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti?

"Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti. "Katamo pana, āvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti? "Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā"ti. "Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāya. Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.