- Numbered Discourses 4.166 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 4.166
17. Practice 17. Paį¹ipadÄvagga
Both Ubhayasutta
āMendicants, there are four ways of practice. āCatasso imÄ, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ. What four? KatamÄ catasso?
Of these, the painful practice with slow insight is said to be inferior in both ways: because itās painful and because itās slow. Tatra, bhikkhave, yÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ dukkhÄ dandhÄbhiƱƱÄ, ayaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ ubhayeneva hÄ«nÄ akkhÄyati. YampÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ dukkhÄ, iminÄpÄyaį¹ hÄ«nÄ akkhÄyati; yampÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ dandhÄ, iminÄpÄyaį¹ hÄ«nÄ akkhÄyati. This practice is said to be inferior in both ways. Ayaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ ubhayeneva hÄ«nÄ akkhÄyati.
The painful practice with swift insight is said to be inferior because itās painful. Tatra, bhikkhave, yÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ dukkhÄ khippÄbhiƱƱÄ, ayaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ dukkhattÄ hÄ«nÄ akkhÄyati.
The pleasant practice with slow insight is said to be inferior because itās slow. Tatra, bhikkhave, yÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ sukhÄ dandhÄbhiƱƱÄ, ayaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ dandhattÄ hÄ«nÄ akkhÄyati.
The pleasant practice with swift insight is said to be superior in both ways: because itās pleasant, and because itās swift. Tatra, bhikkhave, yÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ sukhÄ khippÄbhiƱƱÄ, ayaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ ubhayeneva paį¹Ä«tÄ akkhÄyati. YampÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ sukhÄ, iminÄpÄyaį¹ paį¹Ä«tÄ akkhÄyati; yampÄyaį¹ paį¹ipadÄ khippÄ, iminÄpÄyaį¹ paį¹Ä«tÄ akkhÄyati. This practice is said to be superior in both ways. Ayaį¹, bhikkhave, paį¹ipadÄ ubhayeneva paį¹Ä«tÄ akkhÄyati.
These are the four ways of practice.ā ImÄ kho, bhikkhave, catasso paį¹ipadÄāti.