{"id":"sn49.23-34","title":"Hard Work, Etc.","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn49.23-34","title":"Hard Work, Etc.","units":[{"id":"sn49.23-34:0","sourceIds":["sn49.23-34:0.1","sn49.23-34:0.2","sn49.23-34:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 49.23–34\n3. Balakaraṇīyavagga\nBalakaraṇīyādisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 49.23–34\n3. Hard Work\nHard Work, Etc."}},{"id":"sn49.23-34:1","sourceIds":["sn49.23-34:1.1","sn49.23-34:1.2","sn49.23-34:1.3","sn49.23-34:1.4","sn49.23-34:1.5","sn49.23-34:1.6","sn49.23-34:1.7","sn49.23-34:1.8","sn49.23-34:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci balakaraṇīyā kammantā kayiranti, sabbe te pathaviṁ nissāya pathaviyaṁ patiṭṭhāya evamete balakaraṇīyā kammantā kayiranti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaroti.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaroti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati …pe…\nuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkarotī”ti.\n(Evaṁ balakaraṇīyavaggo sammappadhānavasena vitthāretabbo.)\nDvādasamaṁ.\nBalakaraṇīyavaggo tatiyo.","en":"“Mendicants, all the hard work that gets done depends on the earth and is grounded on the earth.\nIn the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right efforts depending on and grounded on ethics.\nHow so?\nIt’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. …\nso that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.\nThat’s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right efforts depending on and grounded on ethics.”\n(Tell in full as in SN 45.149–160.)"}},{"id":"sn49.23-34:2","sourceIds":["sn49.23-34:2.0","sn49.23-34:2.1","sn49.23-34:2.2","sn49.23-34:2.3","sn49.23-34:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nBalaṁ bījañca nāgo ca,\nrukkho kumbhena sūkiyā;\nĀkāsena ca dve meghā,\nnāvā āgantukā nadīti.","en":"Hard work, seeds, and dragons,\na tree, a pot, and a spike,\nthe atmosphere, and two on clouds,\na ship, a guest house, and a river."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn49.23-34/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."}