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AN 4.116PTS AN 2.1191 min read

Diligence

Appamādasutta

Don’t neglect good conduct.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.116Numbered Discourses 4.116
  • 0.212. Kesivagga12. With Kesi

0.3AppamādasuttaDiligence

1.1“Catūhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi appamādo karaṇīyo.“Mendicants, you should be diligent in four situations.1.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?1.3Kāyaduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, kāyasucaritaṁ bhāvetha;Give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind; and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.1.4tattha ca mā pamādattha.Don’t neglect these things.1.5Vacīduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, vacīsucaritaṁ bhāvetha;1.6tattha ca mā pamādattha.1.7Manoduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, manosucaritaṁ bhāvetha;1.8tattha ca mā pamādattha.1.9Micchādiṭṭhiṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāvetha;Give up wrong view; and develop right view.1.10tattha ca mā pamādattha.Don’t neglect this.

2.1PTS 2.120Yato 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.A mendicant who has done these things does not fear death in lives to come.”

2.2Chaṭṭhaṁ.