1.1Atha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.Then Venerable Mahāmoggallāna went up to Venerable Sāriputta, and exchanged greetings with him.1.2Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:When the greetings and polite conversation were over, Mahāmoggallāna sat down to one side, and said to Sāriputta:

2.1“Catasso imā, āvuso sāriputta, paṭipadā.“Reverend Sāriputta, there are four ways of practice.2.2Katamā catasso?What four?

1. 2.3Dukkhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā,Painful practice with slow insight,
2. 2.4dukkhā paṭipadā khippābhiññā,painful practice with swift insight,
3. 2.5sukhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā,pleasant practice with slow insight, and
4. 2.6sukhā paṭipadā khippābhiññā.pleasant practice with swift insight.

2.7Imā kho, āvuso, catasso paṭipadā.These are the four ways of practice.2.8Imāsaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ paṭipadānaṁ katamaṁ te paṭipadaṁ āgamma anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuttan”ti?Which one of these four ways of practice did you rely on to free your mind from defilements by not grasping?”

3.1“Catasso imā, āvuso moggallāna, paṭipadā.“Reverend Moggallāna …3.2Katamā catasso?3.3Dukkhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā, dukkhā paṭipadā khippābhiññā, sukhā paṭipadā dandhābhiññā, sukhā paṭipadā khippābhiññā.3.4Imā kho, āvuso, catasso paṭipadā.3.5Imāsaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ paṭipadānaṁ yāyaṁ paṭipadā sukhā khippābhiññā, imaṁ me paṭipadaṁ āgamma anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuttan”ti.I relied on the pleasant practice with swift insight to free my mind from defilements by not grasping.”

3.6Aṭṭhamaṁ.