Keen · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Anātāpī,
bhikkhave,
bhikkhu
anottāpī
abhabbo
sambodhāya,
abhabbo
nibbānāya,
abhabbo
anuttarassa
yogakkhemassa
adhigamāya.
Ātāpī
ca
kho,
bhikkhave,
bhikkhu
ottāpī
bhabbo
sambodhāya,
bhabbo
nibbānāya,
bhabbo
anuttarassa
yogakkhemassa
adhigamāyā”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Mendicants, without being keen and prudent a mendicant can’t achieve awakening, extinguishment, and the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. But if a mendicant is keen and prudent they can achieve awakening, extinguishment, and the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Anātāpī
anottāpī,
kusīto
hīnavīriyo;
Yo
thinamiddhabahulo,
ahirīko
anādaro;
Abhabbo
tādiso
bhikkhu,
phuṭṭhuṁ
sambodhimuttamaṁ.
“Neither keen nor prudent, lazy, lacking energy, full of dullness and drowsiness, unconscientious, lacking regard for others, such a mendicant is incapable of experiencing the highest awakening.
Yo
ca
satimā
nipako
jhāyī,
Ātāpī
ottāpī
ca
appamatto;
Saṁyojanaṁ
jātijarāya
chetvā,
Idheva
sambodhimanuttaraṁ
phuse”ti.
One who is mindful, alert, meditative, keen, prudent, and diligent, having cut the fetter of birth and old age, would experience supreme awakening in this very life.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Sattamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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