The Fruits of Initiative

Uṭṭhānaphalasutta

The Fruits of Initiative

Uṭṭhānaphalasutta

EN
“These four individuals are found in the world. What four? One who lives off the fruit of initiative, but not deeds; one who lives off the fruit of deeds, but not initiative;
PL
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Uṭṭhānaphalūpajīvī na kammaphalūpajīvī, kammaphalūpajīvī na uṭṭhānaphalūpajīvī,
EN
one who lives off the fruit of both deeds and initiative; one who lives off the fruit of neither initiative nor deeds. These are the four individuals found in the world.”
PL
uṭṭhānaphalūpajīvī ceva kammaphalūpajīvī ca, neva uṭṭhānaphalūpajīvī na kammaphalūpajīvī— Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti. Catutthaṁ.

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

Source
Uṭṭhānaphalasutta — Reader · Sutraya