[630] "Headman (gāmaṇi), these two extremes should not be pursued by one gone forth: this pursuit of the indulgence in sensual happiness amidst sensual pleasures, which is low, vulgar, belonging to the worldling, ignoble, and not connected with benefit; and this pursuit of self-mortification, which is painful, ignoble, and not connected with benefit. Without approaching either of these two extremes, headman, the middle way of practice (majjhimā paṭipadā), fully awakened to by the Tathāgata, giving rise to vision, giving rise to knowledge (ñāṇa), leads to peace, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna. And what, headman, is that middle way of practice, fully awakened to by the Tathāgata, giving rise to vision, giving rise to knowledge, that leads to peace, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is: right view (sammādiṭṭhi) … right concentration (sammāsamādhi). This, headman, is that middle way of practice, fully awakened to by the Tathāgata, giving rise to vision, giving rise to knowledge, that leads to peace, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.