1"Bhikkhus, there are these four ignoble quests. [n.965] As at MN 26.6, I 161–62, but the latter is augmented by two more quests: for what is subject to sorrow and for what is subject to defilement. The noble quests are at MN 46.14, I 162–63. What four?

(1) Here, someone who is himself subject to old age seeks only what is subject to old age; (2) who is himself subject to illness seeks only what is subject to illness; (3) who is himself subject to death seeks only what is subject to death; and (4) who is himself subject to defilement seeks only what is subject to defilement. These are the four ignoble quests.

2"There are, bhikkhus, these four noble quests. What four?

(1) Here, someone who is himself subject to old age, having understood the danger in what is subject to old age, seeks the unaging, unsurpassed security from bondage, nibbāna; (2) who is himself subject to illness, having understood the danger in what is subject to illness, seeks the illness-free, unsurpassed security from bondage, nibbāna; (3) who is himself subject to death, having understood the danger in what is subject to death, seeks the deathless, unsurpassed security from bondage, nibbāna; (4) who is himself subject to defilement, having understood the danger in what is subject to defilement, seeks the undefiled, unsurpassed security from bondage, nibbāna.

These are the four noble quests."

1"Catasso imā, bhikkhave, anariyapariyesanā. Katamā catasso?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhammaṁyeva pariyesati; attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhammaṁyeva pariyesati; attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhammaṁyeva pariyesati; attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhammaṁyeva pariyesati. Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso anariyapariyesanā.

2Catasso imā, bhikkhave, ariyapariyesanā. Katamā catasso?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati; attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā abyādhiṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati; attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā amataṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati; attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati.

Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso ariyapariyesanā"ti.

Dutiyaṁ.