1At Pāṭaliputta.

“Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’. What is the spiritual path? Who is someone on the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?”

“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda! Your approach and articulation are excellent, and it’s a good question. …

The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Someone who possesses this noble eightfold path is called someone on the spiritual path.

The ending of greed, hate, and delusion: this is the culmination of the spiritual path.”

1Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ.

"‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso Ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan"ti?

"Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda. Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi: ‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso Ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’"ti?

"Evamāvuso"ti.

"Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi.

Yo kho, āvuso, iminā ariyena aṭṭhaṅgikena maggena samannāgato – ayaṁ vuccati brahmacārī.

Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo – idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan"ti.

Dasamaṁ.
Tīṇi suttantāni ekanidānāni.
Vihāravaggo dutiyo.

2Dve vihārā ca sekkho ca,
uppādā apare duve;
Parisuddhena dve vuttā,
kukkuṭārāmena tayoti.