[124] "But might there be, friend, …?" "There might, friends," the Venerable Sāriputta said. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands the six sense bases (āyatana), understands the origin of the six sense bases, understands the cessation of the six sense bases, and understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of the six sense bases — to that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is straight, who is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma.
"And what, friends, are the six sense bases? What is the origin of the six sense bases? What is the cessation of the six sense bases? What is the way of practice leading to the cessation of the six sense bases? There are, friends, these six sense bases: the eye base, the ear base, the nose base, the tongue base, the body base, the mind base. With the origin of name-and-form there is the origin of the six sense bases; with the cessation of name-and-form there is the cessation of the six sense bases; and this very Noble Eightfold Path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of the six sense bases, namely: right view … right concentration (samādhi).
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands the six sense bases, thus understands the origin of the six sense bases, thus understands the cessation of the six sense bases, and thus understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of the six sense bases, he, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency to lust … — to that extent too, friends, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.