Dighanikaya 22.373_41

22.373_41

Ñāyassa adhigamāyāti ñāyo vuccati ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, tassa adhigamāya, pattiyāti vuttaṃ hoti. Ayañhi pubbabhāge lokiyo satipaṭṭhānamaggo bhāvito lokuttaramaggassa adhigamāya saṃvattati. Tenāha ‘‘ñāyassa adhigamāyā’’ti. Nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyāti taṇhāvānavirahitattā nibbānanti laddhanāmassa amatassa sacchikiriyāya, attapaccakkhatāyāti vuttaṃ hoti. Ayañhi maggo bhāvito anupubbena nibbānasacchikiriyaṃ sādheti. Tenāha ‘‘nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā’’ti.

"For the attainment of the true method": the true method is called the noble eightfold path; it is said for its attainment, for its acquisition. For this mundane path of mindfulness, developed in the preliminary stage, leads to the attainment of the supramundane path. Therefore he said: "for the attainment of the true method." "For the realization of Nibbāna": it is said for the realization, for the personal experience, of the deathless, which has received the name 'Nibbāna' because it is free from the weaving thread of craving. For this path, when developed, accomplishes step by step the realization of Nibbāna. Therefore he said: "for the realization of Nibbāna."