{"id":"an6.53","title":"Diligence","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.53","title":"Diligence","units":[{"id":"an6.53:0","sourceIds":["an6.53:0.1","an6.53:0.2","an6.53:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.53\n5. Dhammikavagga\nAppamādasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.53\n5. About Dhammika\nDiligence"}},{"id":"an6.53:1","sourceIds":["an6.53:1.1","an6.53:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"Then a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:"}},{"id":"an6.53:2","sourceIds":["an6.53:2.1","an6.53:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi nu kho, bho gotama, eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ, yo ca attho samparāyiko”ti?\n“Atthi kho, brāhmaṇa, eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ, yo ca attho samparāyiko”ti.","en":"“Worthy Gotama, is there one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures benefits for both this life and lives to come?”\n“There is, brahmin.”"}},{"id":"an6.53:3","sourceIds":["an6.53:3.1","an6.53:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo pana, bho gotama, eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ, yo ca attho samparāyiko”ti?\n“Appamādo kho, brāhmaṇa, eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ, yo ca attho samparāyiko.","en":"“So what is it?”\n“Diligence, brahmin, is one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures benefits for both this life and lives to come."}},{"id":"an6.53:4","sourceIds":["an6.53:4.1","an6.53:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, yāni kānici jaṅgalānaṁ pāṇānaṁ padajātāni, sabbāni tāni hatthipade samodhānaṁ gacchanti; hatthipadaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ mahantattena.\nEvamevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa, appamādo eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ, yo ca attho samparāyiko.","en":"The 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, when developed and cultivated, secures benefits for both this life and lives to come."}},{"id":"an6.53:5","sourceIds":["an6.53:5.1","an6.53:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, kūṭāgārassa yā kāci gopānasiyo sabbā tā kūṭaṅgamā kūṭaninnā kūṭasamosaraṇā, kūṭaṁ tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;\nevamevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa …pe….","en":"The rafters of a bungalow all lean to the peak, slope to the peak, and meet at the peak, so the peak is said to be the topmost of them all.\nIn the same way, diligence is one thing …"}},{"id":"an6.53:6","sourceIds":["an6.53:6.1","an6.53:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, pabbajalāyako pabbajaṁ lāyitvā agge gahetvā odhunāti nidhunāti nicchādeti;\nevamevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa …pe….","en":"A reed-cutter, having cut the reeds, grabs them at the top and shakes them down, shakes them about, and shakes them off.\nIn the same way, diligence is one thing …"}},{"id":"an6.53:7","sourceIds":["an6.53:7.1","an6.53:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, ambapiṇḍiyā vaṇṭacchinnāya yāni kānici ambāni vaṇṭūpanibandhanāni sabbāni tāni tadanvayāni bhavanti;\nevamevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa …pe….","en":"When the stalk of a bunch of mangoes is cut, all the mangoes attached to the stalk will follow along.\nIn the same way, diligence is one thing …"}},{"id":"an6.53:8","sourceIds":["an6.53:8.1","an6.53:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, ye keci khuddarājāno sabbete rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā bhavanti, rājā tesaṁ cakkavattī aggamakkhāyati;\nevamevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa …pe….","en":"All lesser rulers are vassals of a wheel-turning monarch, so the wheel-turning monarch is said to be the foremost of them all.\nIn the same way, diligence is one thing …"}},{"id":"an6.53:9","sourceIds":["an6.53:9.1","an6.53:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, yā kāci tārakarūpānaṁ pabhā sabbā tā candassa pabhāya kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, candappabhā tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;\nevamevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa, appamādo eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ yo ca attho samparāyiko.","en":"The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, so the moon’s radiance is said to be the best of them all.\nIn the same way, diligence is one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures benefits for both this life and lives to come."}},{"id":"an6.53:10","sourceIds":["an6.53:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa, eko dhammo bhāvito bahulīkato ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati—diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṁ, yo ca attho samparāyiko”ti.","en":"This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures benefits for both this life and lives to come.”"}},{"id":"an6.53:11","sourceIds":["an6.53:11.1","an6.53:11.2","an6.53:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\nupāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.\nEkādasamaṁ.","en":"“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.53/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."}