[130] "There might be, friends," the venerable Sāriputta said. "When, friends, a noble disciple understands the taints (āsava), understands the origin of the taints, understands the cessation of the taints, and understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of the taints — 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 the taint? What is the origin of the taints? What is the cessation of the taints? What is the way of practice leading to the cessation of the taints? There are, friends, these three taints: the taint of sensuality (kāmāsava), the taint of existence (bhavāsava), and the taint of ignorance (avijjāsava). With the origin of ignorance there is the origin of the taints; with the cessation of ignorance there is the cessation of the taints. This very Noble Eightfold Path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of the taints, namely: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration (samādhi).
"When, friends, a noble disciple thus understands the taint, thus understands the origin of the taints, thus understands the cessation of the taints, and thus understands the way of practice leading to the cessation of the taints, he, having entirely abandoned the underlying tendency 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, becomes a maker of an end of suffering (dukkha) 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."
This is what the venerable Sāriputta said. Gladdened, those bhikkhus rejoiced in the venerable Sāriputta's words.
The Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta, the Ninth, is finished.
Suffering, aging-and-death, clinging,
the six sense bases (āyatana), name-and-form, consciousness —
these are the six terms asked with "Which, then, friends?" [neuter].
Birth (jāti), craving (taṇhā), and feeling (vedanā),
with ignorance making a group of four —
these are the four terms asked with "Which, then, friends?" [feminine].
Nutriment, existence, contact,
volitional formation, with the taint as fifth —
these are the five terms asked with "Which, then, friends?" [masculine].
"Which" [neuter] was stated in six instances; "which" [plural] in four;
"which" [masculine] was stated in five;
and the terms for all the formations are fifteen.
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The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.