12.
The Discourse on the Question about Clinging
325.
"'Clinging, clinging', friend Sāriputta, is said.
What, friend, is clinging?"
"There are these four kinds of clinging, friend.
Clinging to sensual pleasures, clinging to views, clinging to moral rules and austerities, clinging to the doctrine of self -
these, friend, are the four kinds of clinging."
"But is there, friend, a path, is there a practice for the abandoning of these kinds of clinging?"
"There is indeed, friend, a path, there is a practice for the abandoning of these kinds of clinging."
"But what, friend, is the path, what is the practice for the abandoning of these kinds of clinging?"
"Just this noble eightfold path, friend, is for the abandoning of these kinds of clinging, as follows -
right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
This, friend, is the path, this is the practice for the abandoning of these kinds of clinging."
"Excellent, friend, is the path, excellent is the practice for the abandoning of these kinds of clinging.
And it is enough, friend Sāriputta, for diligence."
The twelfth.