1 Friend Sāriputta, “one who has gained ultimate consolation, one who has gained ultimate consolation,” it is said. “To what extent, O friend Sāriputta, is there really one who has gained ultimate consolation?” “From the time, O friend, a bhikkhu having known as it has come to be the arising, the extinction, the gratification, the liability and the going out of the six domains for contact, not having appropriated, he is liberated. It is really to that extent, O friend, that he is one who has gained ultimate consolation.” “But friend, is there a path, is there a path to tread for the realization of this ultimate consolation?” “In fact, O friend, there is a path, there is a way to tread for the realization of this ultimate consolation.”

2 “But what, O friend, is this path? What is the path to tread for the realization of this ultimate consolation.” “Just this very noble eightfold path, O friend, is for realization of this ultimate consolation. That is: right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right samadhi. This, O friend, is the very path, this is the path to tread for the realization of this ultimate consolation.” “What an auspicious path, O friend? An auspicious path to tread for the realization of this ultimate consolation. It is enough, friend Sāriputta, to be vigilant”

1 paramassāsappatto paramassāsappatto'ti āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. kittāvatā nu kho āvuso sāriputta paramassāsappatto hotīti. yato kho āvuso bhikkhu channaṃ phassāyatanānaṃ samudayañca atthagamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṃ viditvā anupādā vimutto hoti, ettāvatā kho āvuso paramassāsappatto hotīti. atthi panāvuso maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyāti. pts page 255

2 katamo panāvuso maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyāti. ayameva kho āvuso ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāya. seyyathīdaṃ: sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammāājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi. ayaṃ kho āvuso maggo ayaṃ paṭipadā etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyāti. bhaddako āvuso maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāya. alañca panāvuso sāriputta appamādāyāti. bjt page 480