[502] "'One who has attained supreme consolation, one who has attained supreme consolation (paramassāsa),' friend Sāriputta, so it is said. In what way, friend, is one one who has attained supreme consolation?"
"When, friend, a bhikkhu, having understood as it really is the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the six bases for contact (phassāyatana), is liberated through non-clinging — in this way, friend, one is one who has attained supreme consolation."
"But is there, friend, a path, is there a way of practice for the realization of this supreme consolation?"
"There is, friend, a path, there is a way of practice for the realization of this supreme consolation."
"And what, friend, is the path, what is the way of practice for the realization of this supreme consolation?"
"It is just this Noble Eightfold Path for the realization of this supreme consolation, that is: right view … right concentration (samādhi). This, friend, is the path, this is the way of practice for the realization of this supreme consolation."
"Excellent, friend, is the path, excellent is the way of practice for the realization of this supreme consolation; and it is enough, friend Sāriputta, for diligence."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.