ธัมมจักกัปปวัตตนสูตร ปฐมเทศนา
[13] Athakho bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantesi dveme Bhikkhave antā pabbajitena na sevitabbā . yo cāyaṃ kāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyogo hīno gammo pothujjaniko anariyo anatthasañhito yo cāyaṃ attakilamathānuyogo dukkho anariyo anatthasañhito ete te bhikkhave ubho ante anupagamma majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati. {13.1} Katamā ca sā bhikkhave majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo seyyathīdaṃ sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammāājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi . ayaṃ kho sā bhikkhave majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati.
[14] Idaṃ kho pana bhikkhave dukkhaṃ ariyasaccaṃ jātipi dukkhā jarāpi dukkhā byādhīpi dukkhā maraṇampi dukkhaṃ appiyehi Sammāsamādhi.