Reading guide
A pattern confirmed a third time
SN 45.56 reopened Sūriyapeyyālavagga's own cycle with the alternate closing; SN 45.70 did the same for Ekadhammapeyyālavagga; this discourse does the identical thing for Dutiyaekadhammapeyyālavagga — three vaggas, the same structural move, each confirmed by direct comparison rather than assumed.
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The text
§1“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that gives rise to the noble eightfold path, or, if it’s already arisen, fully develops it like good friendship. A mendicant with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how does a mendicant with good friends develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path? It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion. That’s how a mendicant with good friends develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”
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