And what, bhikkhus, is the Aryan Truth concerning the Way that leads to the Cessation of Ill? "This is that Aryan Eightfold Path, to wit, right view, right aspiration, right speech, right doing, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right rapture "And what, bhikkhus, is right view? "Knowledge, bhikkhus, about Ill, khowledge about the coming to be if Ill, knowledge about the cessation of Ill, knowledge about the Way that leads to the cessation of Ill. This is what is called right view. "And what, bhikkhus, is right aspiration? "The aspiration towards renunciation, the aspiration towards benevolence, the aspiration towards kindness. This is the what is called right aspiration. "And what, bhikkhus, is right speech? "Abstaining from lying, slander, abuse and idle talk. This is what is called right speech "And what, bhikkhus, is right doing? "Abstaining from taking life, from taking what is not given, from carnal indulgence. This is what is called right doing. "And what, bhikkhus, is right livelihood? "Herein, O bhikkhus, the Aryan disciple having put away wrong livelihood, supports himself by right livelihood. "And what, bhikkhus, is right effort? "Herein, O bhikkhus, a brother makes effort in bringing forth will that evil and bad states that have not arisen within him may not arise, to that end he stirs up energy, he grips and forces his mine. That he may put away evil and bad states that have arisen within him he puts forth will. he makes effort, he stirs up energy, he grips and forces hid mind. That good states which have not arisen may arise he puts forth will, he makes effort, he stirs up energy, he grips and forces his mind. That good states which have arisen may persist, may not grow blurred, may multiply, grow abundant, develop and come to perfection, he puts forth will, he makes effort, he stirs up energy, he grips and forces his mind. This is what is called right effort. "And what, bhikkhus, is right mindfulness? Herein, O bhikkhus, a brother, as to the body, continues so to look upon the body, that he remains ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both the hankering and the dejection common in the world. And in the same way as to feelings, thoughts and ideas, he so looks upon each, that he remains ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome the hankering and the dejection that is common in the world. This is what is called right mindfulness. "And what, bhikkhus, is right rapture? "Herein, O bhikkhus, a brother, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the First Jhãna, wherein there is cogitation and deliberation, which is born of solitude and is full of joy and ease. Suppressing cogitation and deliberation, he enters into and abides in the Second Jhãna, which is self-evoked, born of concentration, full of joy and ease, in that, set free from cogitation and deliberation, the mind grows calm and sure, dwelling on high. And further, disenchanted with joy, he abides calmly contemplative while, mindful and self-possessed, he feels in his body that ease whereof Aryans declare 'He that is calmly contemplative and aware, he dwelleth at ease.' So does he enter into and abide in the Third Jhãna. And further, by putting aside ease and by putting aside mal-aise, by the passing away of the happiness and of the melancholy he used to feel, he enters into and abides in the Fourth Jhãna, rapture of utter purity of mindfulness and equanimity, wherein neither ease is felt nor any ill. This is what is called right rapture. "This, bhikkhus, is the Aryan Truth concerning the Way leading to the cessation of Ill."