[117] "There might be, friends," the Venerable Sāriputta said. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands aging and death (jarāmaraṇa), understands the origin (samudaya) of aging and death, understands the cessation (nirodha) of aging and death, and understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of aging and death — to that extent too, friends, the noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is straight, who is possessed of unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma.
"And what, friends, is aging and death? What is the origin of aging and death? What is the cessation of aging and death? What is the way of practice leading to the cessation of aging and death?
"The aging of the various beings in the various orders of beings — their growing old, decrepitude, brokenness of teeth, grayness of hair, wrinkling of skin, decline of vitality, weakening of the faculties — this is called aging. The passing away of the various beings from the various orders of beings — their passing, falling away, dissolution, disappearance, mortality, death (maraṇa), the completion of one's time, the breaking up of the aggregates (khandha), the laying down of the carcass, the cutting off of the life faculty — this is called death. Thus this aging and this death — this, friends, is called aging and death.
"With the origin of birth (jāti) there is the origin of aging and death; with the cessation of birth there is the cessation of aging and death. This very Noble Eightfold Path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of aging and death, namely: right view … right concentration (samādhi).
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands aging and death, thus understands the origin of aging and death, thus understands the cessation of aging and death, and thus understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of aging and death, he, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency to lust … — to that extent too, friends, the noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.