sn45.161:2.1 “Mendicants, there are these three searches.
sn45.161:2.2 What three?
sn45.161:2.3 The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.
sn45.161:2.4 These are the three searches.
sn45.161:2.5 The noble eightfold path should be developed to directly know these three searches.
sn45.161:2.6 What is the noble eightfold path?
sn45.161:2.7 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.
sn45.161:2.8 This is the noble eightfold path that should be developed to directly know these three searches.”