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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 21–32
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Appamādavagga
2. Diligence
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Appamādo amatapadaṁ,
Heedfulness is the state free of death;
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pamādo maccuno padaṁ;
heedlessness is the state of death.
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Appamattā na mīyanti,
The heedful do not die,
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ye pamattā yathā matā.
while the heedless are like the dead.
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Evaṁ visesato ñatvā,
Understanding this distinction
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appamādamhi paṇḍitā;
when it comes to heedfulness,
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Appamāde pamodanti,
the astute rejoice in heedfulness,
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ariyānaṁ gocare ratā.
happy in the noble ones’ domain.
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Te jhāyino sātatikā,
They who regularly meditate,
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niccaṁ daḷhaparakkamā;
always staunchly vigorous;
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Phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṁ,
the attentive realize extinguishment,
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yogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ.
the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.
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Kumbaghosakaseṭṭhivatthu
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Uṭṭhānavato satīmato,
For the hard-working and mindful,
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Sucikammassa nisammakārino;
pure of deed and attentive,
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Saññatassa dhammajīvino,
restrained, living righteously, and diligent,
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Appamattassa yasobhivaḍḍhati.
their reputation only grows.
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Uṭṭhānenappamādena,
By hard work and diligence,
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saṁyamena damena ca;
by restraint and by self-control,
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Dīpaṁ kayirātha medhāvī,
a smart person would build an island
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yaṁ ogho nābhikīrati.
that the floods cannot overflow.
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Bālanakkhattasaṅghuṭṭhavatthu
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Pamādamanuyuñjanti,
Fools and simpletons
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bālā dummedhino janā;
devote themselves to negligence.
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Appamādañca medhāvī,
But the wise protect diligence
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dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁva rakkhati.
as their best treasure.
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Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha,
Don’t devote yourself to negligence,
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mā kāmaratisanthavaṁ;
or delight in erotic intimacy.
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Appamatto hi jhāyanto,
For if you’re diligent and meditate,
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pappoti vipulaṁ sukhaṁ.
you’ll attain abundant happiness.
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Mahākassapattheravatthu
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Pamādaṁ appamādena,
When the astute dispel negligence
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yadā nudati paṇḍito;
by means of diligence,
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Paññāpāsādamāruyha,
ascending the palace of wisdom,
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asoko sokiniṁ pajaṁ;
sorrowless, they behold this generation of sorrow,
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Pabbataṭṭhova bhūmaṭṭhe,
as an attentive one on a mountain top
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dhīro bāle avekkhati.
beholds the fools below.
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Pamattāpamattadvesahāyakabhikkhuvatthu
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Appamatto pamattesu,
Heedful among the heedless,
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suttesu bahujāgaro;
wide awake while others sleep—
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Abalassaṁva sīghasso,
a true sage leaves them behind,
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hitvā yāti sumedhaso.
like a swift horse passing a feeble.
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Appamādena maghavā,
Maghavā became chief of the gods
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devānaṁ seṭṭhataṁ gato;
by means of diligence.
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Appamādaṁ pasaṁsanti,
People praise diligence,
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pamādo garahito sadā.
while negligence is always deplored.
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Appamādarato bhikkhu,
A mendicant who loves diligence,
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pamāde bhayadassi vā;
seeing fear in negligence—
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Saṁyojanaṁ aṇuṁ thūlaṁ,
advances like fire,
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ḍahaṁ aggīva gacchati.
burning up fetters big and small.
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Nigamavāsitissattheravatthu
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Appamādarato bhikkhu,
A mendicant who loves diligence,
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pamāde bhayadassi vā;
seeing fear in negligence—
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Abhabbo parihānāya,
such a one can’t decline,
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nibbānasseva santike.
and has drawn near to extinguishment.
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