[195] Therein, which is the practice leading to the cessation of suffering (dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā)?
Here, on the occasion when a bhikkhu develops supramundane jhāna (lokuttaraṃ jhānaṃ) — leading out (of the round) (niyyānika), going to dispersion (apacayagāmī) — for the abandonment of views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first stage (bhūmi), and, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, … enters upon and dwells in the first jhāna, which is of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ) — on that occasion there is the eightfold path (aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo): right view (sammādiṭṭhi) … right concentration (sammāsamādhi). This is called the practice leading to the cessation of suffering. The remaining phenomena (dhammā) are associated (sampayutta) with the practice leading to the cessation of suffering.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.