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The Discourse to Mahāmoggallāna
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Then the Venerable Sāriputta approached the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the Venerable Sāriputta said this to the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna -
"There are, friend Moggallāna, these four practices. What are the four? The difficult practice with sluggish direct knowledge, the difficult practice with quick direct knowledge, the easy practice with sluggish direct knowledge, the easy practice with quick direct knowledge. These, friend, are the four practices. Of these four practices, friend, following which practice has your mind become liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging?"
"There are, friend Sāriputta, these four practices. What are the four? The difficult practice with sluggish direct knowledge, the difficult practice with quick direct knowledge, the easy practice with sluggish direct knowledge, the easy practice with quick direct knowledge. These, friend, are the four practices. Of these four practices, friend, that practice which is difficult with quick direct knowledge - following this practice, my mind has become liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging." The seventh.