1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme.At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery.1.3Tatra kho āyasmā ānando bhikkhū āmantesi:There Ānanda addressed the mendicants:1.4“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.“Reverends, mendicants!”

1.5“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato ānandassa paccassosuṁ.“Reverend,” they replied.1.6Āyasmā ānando etadavoca:Ānanda said this:

2.1PTS 2.157“Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā mama santike arahattappattiṁ byākaroti, sabbo so catūhi maggehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena.“Reverends, all of the monks and nuns who declare in my presence that they have attained perfection, did so by one or other of four paths.

3.1Katamehi catūhi?What four?

3.2Idha, āvuso, bhikkhu samathapubbaṅgamaṁ vipassanaṁ bhāveti.Take a mendicant who develops serenity before discernment.3.3Tassa samathapubbaṅgamaṁ vipassanaṁ bhāvayato maggo sañjāyati.As they do so, the path is born in them.3.4So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti.They cultivate, develop, and make much of it.3.5Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

4.1Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu vipassanāpubbaṅgamaṁ samathaṁ bhāveti.Another mendicant develops discernment before serenity.4.2Tassa vipassanāpubbaṅgamaṁ samathaṁ bhāvayato maggo sañjāyati.As they do so, the path is born in them.4.3So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti.They cultivate, develop, and make much of it.4.4Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

5.1Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu samathavipassanaṁ yuganaddhaṁ bhāveti.Another mendicant develops serenity and discernment in conjunction.5.2Tassa samathavipassanaṁ yuganaddhaṁ bhāvayato maggo sañjāyati.As they do so, the path is born in them.5.3So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti.They cultivate, develop, and make much of it.5.4Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

6.1Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhuno dhammuddhaccaviggahitaṁ mānasaṁ hoti.Another mendicant’s heart is seized by restlessness to realize the teaching.6.2Hoti so, āvuso, samayo yaṁ taṁ cittaṁ ajjhattameva santiṭṭhati sannisīdati ekodi hoti samādhiyati.But there comes a time when their mind is stilled internally; it settles, unifies, and becomes immersed in samādhi.6.3Tassa maggo sañjāyati.The path is born in them.6.4So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti.They cultivate, develop, and make much of it.6.5Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

7.1Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā mama santike arahattappattiṁ byākaroti, sabbo so imehi catūhi maggehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarenā”ti.All of the monks and nuns who declare in my presence that they have attained perfection, did so by one or other of these four paths.”

7.2Dasamaṁ.

7.3Paṭipadāvaggo dutiyo.

8.0Tassuddānaṁ

8.1Saṅkhittaṁ vitthārāsubhaṁ,8.2Dve khamā ubhayena ca;8.3Moggallāno sāriputto,8.4Sasaṅkhāraṁ yuganaddhena cāti.