sn45.70:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn45.70:1.2 “Mendicants, one thing helps give rise to the noble eightfold path.
sn45.70:1.3 What one thing?
sn45.70:1.4 It’s good friendship.
sn45.70:1.5 A mendicant with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.
sn45.70:1.6 And how does a mendicant with good friends develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?
sn45.70:1.7 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.
sn45.70:1.8 That’s how a mendicant with good friends develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”