8.
The Discourse to Sāriputta
168.
Then the venerable Mahāmoggallāna approached the venerable Sāriputta;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the venerable Sāriputta.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this to the venerable Sāriputta -
"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, following which practice has your mind become liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging?"
"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, that practice which is easy with quick direct knowledge - following this practice, my mind has become liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging." The eighth.