1.1“‘Assāsappatto, assāsappatto’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘gaining solace’.¹1.2Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, assāsappatto hotī”ti?At what point do you gain solace?”

1.3“Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, assāsappatto hotī”ti.“When a mendicant truly understands the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape, at that point they’ve gained solace.”

1.4“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for realizing this solace?”

1.5“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.“There is.” …

1.6“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?1.7“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ—1.8sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.1.9Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.1.10“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa assāsassa sacchikiriyāya.1.11Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

1.12Pañcamaṁ.