[238] And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu, developing the noble eightfold path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga), cultivating the noble eightfold path, become one who slants toward Nibbāna, slopes toward Nibbāna, inclines toward Nibbāna? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view (sammādiṭṭhi), which slants toward Nibbāna, slopes toward Nibbāna, inclines toward Nibbāna … he develops right concentration (sammāsamādhi), which slants toward Nibbāna, slopes toward Nibbāna, inclines toward Nibbāna. It is thus, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu, developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, becomes one who slants toward Nibbāna, slopes toward Nibbāna, inclines toward Nibbāna.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.