Pali Canon Search

Numbered Discourses · AN 4.13

  • Numbered Discourses 4.13Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.13
  • 2. Walking2. Caravagga

EffortPadhānasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four right efforts.“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, sammappadhānāni. What four?Katamāni cattāri?

A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;

They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up.uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;

They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise.anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;

They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.

These are the four right efforts.Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri sammappadhānānīti.

By rightly striving, <j>they’ve crushed Māra’s sovereignty;Sammappadhānā māradheyyābhibhūtā, unattached, they’ve gone beyond <j>the peril of birth and death.Te asitā jātimaraṇabhayassa pāragū; Contented and unstirred, they’ve vanquished Māra with his legions;Te tusitā jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ te anejā, now they’ve gone beyond all Namuci’s forces, <j>they’re happy.”Sabbaṁ namucibalaṁ upātivattā te sukhitā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. AN 4.69 Effort 0.67near 0.1Numbered Discourses 4.69 7. Fitting Deeds Effort “Mendicants, there are these four efforts. What four? The efforts to restrain, to give up, to develop, and to preserve. And what, mendicants, is the effort to restrain? It…
  2. SN 49.1–12 Sloping East, Etc. 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 49.1–12 1. Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges Sloping East, Etc. At Sāvatthī. There the Buddha said: “Mendicants, there are these four right efforts. What four? It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm,…
  3. AN 9.73 Weaknesses in Training and Effort 0.58near 0.1Numbered Discourses 9.73 8. Right Efforts Weaknesses in Training and Effort “Mendicants, there are these five weaknesses when you’re training. What five? Killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and…
  4. SN 49.23–34 Hard Work, Etc. 0.51near 0.1Linked Discourses 49.23–34 3. Hard Work Hard Work, Etc. “Mendicants, all the hard work that gets done depends on the earth and is grounded on the earth. In the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right…