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13.
Saying, "Good, friend," the bhikkhus delighted and rejoiced in the
Venerable Sariputta's words. Then they asked him a further question: "But,
friend, might there be another way in which a noble disciple is one of right
view... and has arrived at this true Dhamma?" -- "There might be,
friends.
14.
"When, friends, a noble disciple understands suffering, the origin of
suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the way leading to the cessation of
suffering, in that way he is one of right view... and has arrived at this true
Dhamma.
15.
"And what is suffering, what is the origin of suffering, what is the
cessation of suffering, what is the way leading to the cessation of suffering?
Birth is suffering; aging is suffering; sickness is suffering; death is suffering;
sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering; not to obtain what
one wants is suffering; in short, the five aggregates affected by clinging are
suffering. This is called suffering.
16.
"And what is the origin of suffering? It is craving, which brings renewal
of being, is accompanied by delight and lust, and delights in this and that;
that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for being and craving for
non-being. This is called the origin of suffering.
17.
"And what is the cessation of suffering? It is the remainderless fading
away and ceasing, the giving up, relinquishing, letting go and rejecting of
that same craving. This is called the cessation of suffering.
18.
"And what is the way leading to the cessation of suffering? It is just
this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view... right concentration. This is
called the way leading to the cessation of suffering.
19.
"When a noble disciple has thus understood suffering, the origin of suffering,
the cessation of suffering, and the way leading to the cessation of
suffering... he here and now makes an end of suffering. In that way too a noble
disciple is one of right view... and has arrived at this true Dhamma."
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