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APPAMADA DHARMA
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This
Appamada Sutta: Heedfulness
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu
At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi
Kosala said to the Blessed One: "Is there, lord, any one quality that keeps both
kinds of benefit secure — benefits in this life & benefits in lives to come?"
"There is one quality, great king,
that keeps both kinds of benefit secure — benefits in this life & benefits
in lives to come."
"But what, lord, is that one
quality...?"
"Heedfulness, great king. Just as the footprints of all living beings
with legs can be encompassed by the footprint of the elephant, and the
elephant's footprint is declared to be supreme among them in terms of its great
size; in the same way, heedfulness is the one quality that keeps both kinds of
benefit secure — benefits in this life & benefits in lives to
come."
That is what the Blessed One said.
Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:
For one who desires
long
life, health,
beauty,
heaven, & noble birth,
— lavish delights, one after
another
The wise praise heedfulness
in performing deeds of
merit.
When heedful, wise,
you achieve both kinds of
benefit:
benefits in this life,
& benefits in lives to come.
By breaking through to your
benefit,
you're called enlightened,
wise.
