[509] "'Existence, existence (bhava),' friend Sāriputta, it is said. What now, friend, is existence?"
"There are, friend, these three kinds of existence: sense-sphere existence, form existence, and formless existence. These, friend, are the three kinds of existence."
"But is there, friend, a path, is there a way of practice for the full understanding of these existences?"
"There is, friend, a path, there is a way of practice for the full understanding of these existences."
"And what, friend, is the path, what is the way of practice for the full understanding of these existences?"
"It is just this Noble Eightfold Path, friend, for the full understanding of these existences; that is: right view … right concentration (samādhi). This, friend, is the path, this is the way of practice for the full understanding of these existences."
"Excellent, friend, is the path, excellent the way of practice for the full understanding of these existences — and enough, friend Sāriputta, for diligence."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.