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

"There are, friend, these three taints: the taint of sensuality, the taint of existence, the taint of ignorance. These are the three taints."

"But, friend, is there a path, is there a way for the abandonment of these three taints?"

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

1"‘Āsavo, āsavo’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, āvuso, āsavo"ti?

"Tayo me, āvuso, āsavā. Kāmāsavo, bhavāsavo, avijjāsavo – ime kho, āvuso, tayo āsavā"ti.

"Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etesaṁ āsavānaṁ pahānāyā"ti? "Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etesaṁ āsavānaṁ pahānāyā"ti.

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

Aṭṭhamaṁ.