snp3.12:54.1 “Suppose, monks, they questioned you thus: ‘Could there be another way to contemplate the pairs?’
snp3.12:54.2 You should say, ‘There could.’
snp3.12:54.3 And how could there be?
snp3.12:54.4 ‘What this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans—focuses on as happiness, the noble ones have clearly seen with right wisdom to be actually suffering’: this is the first contemplation.
snp3.12:54.5 ‘What this world focuses on as suffering, the noble ones have clearly seen with right wisdom to be actually happiness’: this is the second contemplation.
snp3.12:54.6 When a mendicant meditates rightly contemplating a pair of teachings in this way—diligent, keen, and resolute—they can expect one of two results:
snp3.12:54.7 enlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.”
snp3.12:54.8 That is what the Buddha said.
snp3.12:54.9 Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: