[126] "But, friend, might there be…?" — "There might be, friend," the Venerable Sāriputta said. "Friend, when a noble disciple (ariyasāvaka) understands consciousness, understands the origin of consciousness, understands the cessation of consciousness, and understands the practice leading to the cessation of consciousness — to that extent too, friend, a noble disciple is one of right view (sammādiṭṭhi), whose view is straight, who is possessed of confirmed confidence (aveccappasāda) in the Dhamma, and who has arrived at this true Dhamma.
"And what, friend, is consciousness, what is the origin of consciousness, what is the cessation of consciousness, what is the practice leading to the cessation of consciousness? There are, friend, these six classes of consciousness (viññāṇakāyā): eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, and mind-consciousness. With the origin of volitional formations (saṅkhārā) there is the origin of consciousness; with the cessation of volitional formations there is the cessation of consciousness; and this very Noble Eightfold Path is the practice leading to the cessation of consciousness, namely: right view … right concentration (samādhi).
"When, friend, a noble disciple thus understands consciousness, thus understands the origin of consciousness, thus understands the cessation of consciousness, and thus understands the practice leading to the cessation of consciousness, he, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency (anusaya) to lust … — to that extent too, friend, a noble disciple is one of right view, whose view is straight, who is possessed of 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.