DHAMMA-KAKKA-PPAVATTANA-SUTTA
The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness
7. Now this, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the destruction of suffering.
‘Verily, it is the destruction, in which no passion remains, of this very thirst; the laying aside of, the getting rid of, the being free from, the harbouring no longer of this thirst.
‘This then, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the destruction of suffering.
8. ‘Now this, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the way[1] which leads to the destruction of sorrow. Verily! it is this noble eightfold path[2]; that is to say:
[1. Patipadâ.
2. Ariyo atangiko Maggo.]
Right views;
Right aspirations;
Right speech;
Right conduct;
Right livelihood;
Right effort;
Right mindfulness;
and Right contemplation.
This then, O Bhikkhus, is the noble truth concerning the destruction of sorrow.
Dhamma-Kakka-Ppavattana Sutta: Foundation of the Kingdon of Righteousness
Translated from Pâli by T. W. Rhys Davids [1881]