[118] "But might there be, friends…" … "There might, friends," the Venerable Sāriputta said. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands birth (jāti), understands the origin (samudaya) of birth, understands the cessation (nirodha) of birth, and understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of birth — to that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is straight, who is endowed with confirmed confidence (aveccappasāda) in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma.
"And what, friends, is birth? What is the origin of birth? What is the cessation of birth? What is the way of practice leading to the cessation of birth? The birth of the various beings in the various orders of beings, their being born, their descent [into the womb], their production, their coming forth, the manifestation of the aggregates (khandha), the obtaining of the sense bases (āyatana) — this, friends, is called birth. With the origin of existence (bhava) there is the origin of birth; with the cessation of existence there is the cessation of birth; this very Noble Eightfold Path (magga) is the way of practice leading to the cessation of birth, namely: right view … right concentration (samādhi).
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands birth, thus understands the origin of birth, thus understands the cessation of birth, and thus understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of birth, then, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency to lust (rāgānusaya) … — to that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is straight, who is endowed with confirmed 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.