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Numbered Discourses 4.116 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.116

12. With Kesi – 12. Kesivagga

AN 4.116 Diligence – Appamādasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, you should be diligent in four situations.

“Catūhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi appamādo karaṇīyo.

1.2

What four?

Katamehi catūhi?

1.3

Give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind; and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.

Kāyaduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, kāyasucaritaṁ bhāvetha;

1.4

Don’t neglect these things.

tattha ca mā pamādattha.

1.5

 

Vacīduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, vacīsucaritaṁ bhāvetha;

1.6

 

tattha ca mā pamādattha.

1.7

 

Manoduccaritaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, manosucaritaṁ bhāvetha;

1.8

 

tattha ca mā pamādattha.

1.9

Give up wrong view; and develop right view.

Micchādiṭṭhiṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāvetha;

1.10

Don’t neglect this.

tattha ca mā pamādattha.

2.1

A bhikkhu who has done these things does not fear death in lives to come.”

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.

2.2

 

Chaṭṭhaṁ.