[113] "There might be, friends," the Venerable Sāriputta replied. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands nutriment (āhāra), understands the origin of nutriment, understands the cessation of nutriment, and understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of nutriment — to that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view (sammādiṭṭhi), whose view has gone straight, who is possessed of unwavering confidence (aveccappasāda) in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma (saddhamma).
"And what, friends, is nutriment? What is the origin of nutriment? What is the cessation of nutriment? What is the way of practice leading to the cessation of nutriment? There are, friends, these four nutriments for the maintenance of beings that have come to be and for the assistance of those seeking birth. What four? Edible food (kabaḷīkāra āhāra), gross or subtle; contact (phassa) is the second; mental volition (manosañcetanā) is the third; consciousness (viññāṇa) is the fourth. With the origin of craving (taṇhā) there is the origin of nutriment; with the cessation of craving there is the cessation of nutriment; and this very Noble Eightfold Path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of nutriment, namely: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration (samādhi).
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands nutriment, thus understands the origin of nutriment, thus understands the cessation of nutriment, and thus understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of nutriment, then, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency (anusaya) to lust, having dispelled the underlying tendency to aversion, having uprooted the underlying tendency to the view and conceit 'I am', having abandoned ignorance (avijjā) and aroused true knowledge (vijjā), he is one who makes an end of suffering (dukkha) in this very life. To that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view has gone straight, who is possessed of unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.