[26] "Therein, friends, greed (lobha) is evil and hatred (dosa) is evil. For the abandoning of greed and for the abandoning of hatred there is a middle way of practice (majjhimā paṭipadā), producing vision, producing knowledge (ñāṇa), which conduces to calm, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna. And what, friends, is that middle way of practice, producing vision, producing knowledge, which conduces to calm, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path, namely: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. This indeed, friends, is that middle way of practice, producing vision, producing knowledge, which conduces to calm, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna.
"Therein, friends, anger is evil and hostility is evil … Denigration is evil and insolence is evil … Envy is evil and stinginess is evil … Deceit is evil and fraudulence is evil … Obstinacy is evil and presumption is evil … Conceit is evil and arrogance is evil … Vanity is evil and negligence is evil. For the abandoning of vanity and for the abandoning of negligence there is a middle way of practice, producing vision, producing knowledge, which conduces to calm, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna. And what, friends, is that middle way of practice, producing vision, producing knowledge, which conduces to calm, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path, namely: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. This indeed, friends, is that middle way of practice, producing vision, producing knowledge, which conduces to calm, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna."
Thus spoke the Venerable Sāriputta. Elated, those bhikkhus delighted in the Venerable Sāriputta's words.
The Dhammadāyāda Sutta, the third, is concluded.
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Bhayabherava Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.