[115] "There might be, friends," the Venerable Sāriputta said. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands suffering (dukkha), understands the origin of suffering, understands the cessation of suffering, and understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering — to that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view (sammādiṭṭhi), whose view has gone straight, who is endowed with unwavering confidence (aveccappasāda) in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma (saddhamma).
"And what, friends, is suffering? Birth is suffering; aging is suffering; death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are suffering; association with what is unloved is suffering; separation from what is loved is suffering; not to get what one wishes — that too is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering. This, friends, is called suffering.
"And what, friends, is the origin of suffering? It is this craving (taṇhā) that leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust, delighting now here, now there; that is: craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, craving for non-existence. This, friends, is called the origin of suffering.
"And what, friends, is the cessation of suffering? It is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that very craving — the giving up, the relinquishing, the release, the non-attachment. This, friends, is called the cessation of suffering.
"And what, friends, is the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is: right view … right concentration (samādhi). This, friends, is called the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering.
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands suffering, thus understands the origin of suffering, thus understands the cessation of suffering, and thus understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering, he — 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 and aroused true knowledge — is one who makes an end of suffering in this very life. To that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view has gone straight, who is endowed with 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.