Diligence

Appamādasutta

Diligence

Appamādasutta

EN
“Mendicants, you should be diligent in four situations. What four? Give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind; and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind. Don’t neglect these things.
PL
“Catūhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi appamādo karaṇīyo. Katamehi catūhi? Kāyaduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, kāyasucaritaṁ bhāvetha; tattha ca mā pamādattha.
PL
Vacīduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, vacīsucaritaṁ bhāvetha; tattha ca mā pamādattha. Manoduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, manosucaritaṁ bhāvetha; tattha ca mā pamādattha.
EN
Give up wrong view; and develop right view. Don’t neglect this. A mendicant who has done these things does not fear death in lives to come.”
PL
Micchādiṭṭhiṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāvetha; tattha ca mā pamādattha. Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kāyaduccaritaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti kāyasucaritaṁ bhāvitaṁ, vacīduccaritaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti vacīsucaritaṁ bhāvitaṁ, manoduccaritaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti manosucaritaṁ bhāvitaṁ, micchādiṭṭhi pahīnā hoti sammādiṭṭhi bhāvitā, so na bhāyati samparāyikassa maraṇassā”ti.
PL
Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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