{"id":"sn3.17","title":"Diligence","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.17","title":"Diligence","units":[{"id":"sn3.17:0","sourceIds":["sn3.17:0.1","sn3.17:0.2","sn3.17:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.17\n2. Dutiyavagga\nAppamādasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.17\n2. Childless\nDiligence"}},{"id":"sn3.17:1","sourceIds":["sn3.17:1.1","sn3.17:1.2","sn3.17:1.3","sn3.17:1.4","sn3.17:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“atthi nu kho, bhante, eko dhammo yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—\ndiṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañcā”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nSeated to one side, King Pasenadi said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, is there one thing that secures benefits for both\nthis life and lives to come?”"}},{"id":"sn3.17:2","sourceIds":["sn3.17:2.1","sn3.17:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi kho, mahārāja, eko dhammo yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—\ndiṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañcā”ti.","en":"“There is, Great King.”"}},{"id":"sn3.17:3","sourceIds":["sn3.17:3.1","sn3.17:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo pana, bhante, eko dhammo, yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—\ndiṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañcā”ti?","en":"“So what is that one thing?”"}},{"id":"sn3.17:4","sourceIds":["sn3.17:4.1","sn3.17:4.2","sn3.17:4.3","sn3.17:4.4","sn3.17:4.5","sn3.17:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Appamādo kho, mahārāja, eko dhammo, yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—\ndiṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañcāti.\nSeyyathāpi, mahārāja, yāni kānici jaṅgalānaṁ pāṇānaṁ padajātāni, sabbāni tāni hatthipade samodhānaṁ gacchanti, hatthipadaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati—yadidaṁ mahantattena;\nevameva kho, mahārāja, appamādo eko dhammo, yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—\ndiṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ samparāyikañcā”ti.\nIdamavoca …pe…","en":"“Diligence, Great King, is one thing that secures benefits for both\nthis life and lives to come.\nThe footprints of all creatures that walk can fit inside an elephant’s footprint. So an elephant’s footprint is said to be the biggest of them all.\nIn the same way, diligence is one thing that secures benefits for both\nthis life and lives to come.”\nThat is what the Buddha said. …"}},{"id":"sn3.17:5","sourceIds":["sn3.17:5.1","sn3.17:5.2","sn3.17:5.3","sn3.17:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Āyuṁ arogiyaṁ vaṇṇaṁ,\nsaggaṁ uccākulīnataṁ;\nRatiyo patthayantena,\nuḷārā aparāparā.","en":"“For one who desires high delights\nagain and again—\nlong life, beauty, and health,\nheaven, and an eminent family—"}},{"id":"sn3.17:6","sourceIds":["sn3.17:6.1","sn3.17:6.2","sn3.17:6.3","sn3.17:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appamādaṁ pasaṁsanti,\npuññakiriyāsu paṇḍitā;\nAppamatto ubho atthe,\nadhiggaṇhāti paṇḍito.","en":"the astute praise diligence\nin making merit.\nBeing diligent, an astute person\nsecures both benefits:"}},{"id":"sn3.17:7","sourceIds":["sn3.17:7.1","sn3.17:7.2","sn3.17:7.3","sn3.17:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhe dhamme ca yo attho,\nyo cattho samparāyiko;\nAtthābhisamayā dhīro,\npaṇḍitoti pavuccatī”ti.","en":"the benefit in this life,\nand in lives to come.\nAn attentive one, comprehending the meaning,\nis said to be astute.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.17/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}