[251] Four ways of undertaking things (dhammasamādāna):
There is, friends, a way of undertaking things that is painful in the present and has a painful result in the future.
There is, friends, a way of undertaking things that is painful in the present and has a pleasant result in the future.
There is, friends, a way of undertaking things that is pleasant in the present and has a painful result in the future.
There is, friends, a way of undertaking things that is pleasant in the present and has a pleasant result in the future.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.