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64.
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.
65.
"When, friends, a noble disciple understands ignorance, the origin of
ignorance, the cessation of ignorance, and the way leading to the cessation of
ignorance, in that way he is one of right view... and has arrived at this true
Dhamma.
66. "And what is ignorance, what is the origin of ignorance,
what is the cessation of ignorance, what is the way leading to the cessation of
ignorance? Not knowing about suffering, not knowing about the origin of
suffering, not knowing about the cessation of suffering, not knowing about the
way leading to the cessation of suffering -- this is called ignorance. With the
arising of the taints there is the arising of ignorance. With the cessation of
the taints there is the cessation of ignorance. The way leading to the
cessation of ignorance is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right
view... right concentration.
67.
"When a noble disciple has thus understood ignorance, the origin of
ignorance, the cessation of ignorance, and the way leading to the cessation of
ignorance... 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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