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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.116

  • Numbered Discourses 4.116Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.116
  • 12. With Kesi12. Kesivagga

DiligenceAppamādasutta

“Mendicants, you should be diligent in four situations.“Catūhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi appamādo karaṇīyo. What four?Katamehi catūhi? 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; Don’t neglect these things.tattha ca mā pamādattha. Give up wrong view; and develop right view.Micchādiṭṭhiṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha, sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāvetha; Don’t neglect this.tattha ca mā pamādattha.

A mendicant 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.

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