[1826] Sakavādin: The path (magga) has five factors?
Paravādin: Yes.
Sakavādin: Was not the path with eight factors declared by the Blessed One, namely: right view (sammādiṭṭhi) … right concentration (sammāsamādhi)?
Paravādin: Yes.
Sakavādin: If the path with eight factors was declared by the Blessed One, namely: right view … right concentration, then indeed, good sir, you should not say: "The path has five factors."
Sakavādin: The path has five factors?
Paravādin: Yes.
Sakavādin: Was it not said by the Blessed One:
"Of paths, the eightfold is the best;
of truths, the four statements;
of phenomena (dhammā), dispassion (virāga) is the best;
and of two-footed beings, the One with Vision (cakkhumā)" —
and does such a discourse (suttanta) indeed exist?
Paravādin: Yes.
Sakavādin: In that case, the path has eight factors.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.