1So I have heard. At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Kosambi, in Ghosita’s Monastery. There Ānanda addressed the mendicants: “Reverends, mendicants!”

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“Reverend,” they replied. Ānanda said this:

2“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.

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3What four?

Take a mendicant who develops serenity before discernment. As they do so, the path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

4Another mendicant develops discernment before serenity. As they do so, the path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

5Another mendicant develops serenity and discernment in conjunction. As they do so, the path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

6Another mendicant’s mind is seized by restlessness to realize the teaching. But there comes a time when their mind is stilled internally; it settles, unifies, and becomes immersed in samādhi. The path is born in them. They cultivate, develop, and make much of it. By doing so, they give up the fetters and eliminate the underlying tendencies.

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7All 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.”

1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—​   ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme. Tatra kho āyasmā ānando bhikkhū āmantesi: "āvuso bhikkhave"ti.

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"Āvuso"ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato ānandassa paccassosuṁ. Āyasmā ānando etadavoca: 

2"Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā mama santike arahattappattiṁ byākaroti, sabbo so catūhi maggehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena.

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3Katamehi catūhi?

Idha, āvuso, bhikkhu samathapubbaṅgamaṁ vipassanaṁ bhāveti. Tassa samathapubbaṅgamaṁ vipassanaṁ bhāvayato maggo sañjāyati. So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti. Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.

4Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu vipassanāpubbaṅgamaṁ samathaṁ bhāveti. Tassa vipassanāpubbaṅgamaṁ samathaṁ bhāvayato maggo sañjāyati. So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti. Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.

5Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu samathavipassanaṁ yuganaddhaṁ bhāveti. Tassa samathavipassanaṁ yuganaddhaṁ bhāvayato maggo sañjāyati. So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti. Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.

6Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhuno dhammuddhaccaviggahitaṁ mānasaṁ hoti. Hoti so, āvuso, samayo yaṁ taṁ cittaṁ ajjhattameva santiṭṭhati sannisīdati ekodi hoti samādhiyati. Tassa maggo sañjāyati. So taṁ maggaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti. Tassa taṁ maggaṁ āsevato bhāvayato bahulīkaroto saṁyojanāni pahīyanti, anusayā byantīhonti.

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7Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā mama santike arahattappattiṁ byākaroti, sabbo so imehi catūhi maggehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarenā"ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Paṭipadāvaggo dutiyo.

8Saṅkhittaṁ vitthārāsubhaṁ,
Dve khamā ubhayena ca;
Moggallāno sāriputto,
Sasaṅkhāraṁ yuganaddhena cāti.