sn45.48:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn45.48:1.2 “Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you:
sn45.48:1.3 ‘Reverends, what’s the goal of leading the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama?’ You should answer them like this:
sn45.48:1.4 ‘The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.’
sn45.48:1.5 If wanderers of other religions were to ask you:
sn45.48:1.6 ‘Is there a path and a practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping?’ You should answer them like this:
sn45.48:1.7 ‘There is a path and a practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.’
sn45.48:1.8 And what is that path, what is that practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping?
sn45.48:1.9 It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
sn45.48:1.10 right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
sn45.48:1.11 This is the path, this is the practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.
sn45.48:1.12 When questioned by wanderers of other religions, that’s how you should answer them.”