+1 – a-p-pamāda 🐘🐾 = assiduity
assiduity = ass + sit + do it + ty: You sit your ass down until you can do it (realize nirvana)
1. Specialized Buddhist meaning: The quality or state of being Assiduous,
unrelenting in moment to moment commitment and application of
energy into practice and realization of ☸Dharma (...virāga,
nirodha, ...
nirvana).
2. Pre-Buddhist, ordinary meaning: diligence,
heedfulness, carefulness, vigilance,
conscientiousness.
+2 – pamāda 🥴 = negligence
Pamāda [cp.
Vedic pramāda, pa+mad] heedlessness,
carelessness, negligence, indolence,
remissness
assiduity = the quality or state of being assiduous : diligence
assiduous = showing great care, attention,
and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
CPED appamāda: vigilance; earnestness.
(m.)
PTS Appamāda [a + pamāda] thoughtfulness,
carefulness, conscientiousness, watchfulness,
vigilance, earnestness, zeal D i.13
video of biscuit on fire
+3 – sutta refs
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AN 2.5 appamāda linked to appativāna (relentless,
unremitting, indefatiguable)
AN 4.37 incapable of falling away,
if using appamada and AN 3.16 + seeing danger in slightest fault
AN 6.19 very close link to marana sati)
AN 9.12 those who fall short of arahantship this life are considered negligent (pamāda)
AN 10.5 Appamāda-sutta: Is the best,
all kusala Dharmas are rooted to this
Dhp ..2.. appamāda chapter
Dhp 23 jhāna all the time leads to nirvana linked to a-p-pamāda 🐘🐾
Snp 2.10 what need for sleep?
SN 3.17 appamada sutta: elephant footprint simile,
maximize benefits this life and future ones
SN 6.15 Buddha’s last words at pari nirvana: appamādena sampādethā
SN 35.97 appamāda vihārī: guarding 6 sense doors activates 7sb
SN 48.56 linked to 5ind, and official appamāda defn.
SN 55.40 linked to 7sb, stream enterer who is negligent
+3.1 – AN 2.5 appamāda linked to appativāna (relentless, unremitting, indefatiguable)
| ‘kāmaṃ taco ca nhāru ca aṭṭhi ca avasissatu, sarīre upassussatu maṃsalohitaṃ, yaṃ taṃ purisathāmena purisavīriyena purisaparakkamena pattabbaṃ na taṃ apāpuṇitvā vīriyassa saṇṭhānaṃ bhavissatī’ti. | ‘Gladly, let only skin, sinews, and bones remain! Let the flesh and blood waste away in my body! I will not stop trying until I have achieved what is possible by manly strength, energy, and vigor.’ | |
| Tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhave, appamādādhigatā sambodhi, appamādādhigato anuttaro yogakkhemo. | It was by diligence that I achieved awakening, and by diligence that I achieved the supreme sanctuary. | |
+3.2 – AN 4.37 incapable of falling away, if using appamada and AN 3.16 + seeing danger in slightest fault
AN 4.37 incapable of falling away,
if using appamada and AN 3.16 + seeing danger in slightest fault
| Evaṃ vihārī ātāpī, | a monk lives like this, with keen energy, | |
| ahorattamatandito; | tireless all night and day, | |
| Bhāvayaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ, | developing skillful qualities, | |
| yogakkhemassa pattiyā. | in order to find sanctuary. | |
| Appamādarato bhikkhu, | A monk who loves to be diligent, | |
| pamāde bhayadassi vā; | seeing fear in negligence, | |
| Abhabbo parihānāya, | can’t decline, | |
| nibbānasseva santike”ti. | and has drawn near to nirvana.” | |
+3.3 – AN 6.19 very close link to marana sati)
AN 6.19 very close link to maraṇa-s-sati 💀
| Yo ca khvāyaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃ maraṇassatiṃ bhāveti: | But the monks who develop rememberfulness of death by wishing | |
| ‘aho vatāhaṃ tadantaraṃ jīveyyaṃ yadantaraṃ ekaṃ ālopaṃ saṅkhāditvā ajjhoharāmi, bhagavato sāsanaṃ manasi kareyyaṃ, bahu vata me kataṃ assā’ti. (5) | to live as long as it takes to chew and swallow a single mouthful … | |
| Yo cāyaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃ maraṇassatiṃ bhāveti: ‘aho vatāhaṃ tadantaraṃ jīveyyaṃ yadantaraṃ assasitvā vā passasāmi passasitvā vā assasāmi, bhagavato sāsanaṃ manasi kareyyaṃ, bahu vata me kataṃ assā’ti. (6) |
or to live as long as it takes to breathe out after breathing in, or to breathe in after breathing out … | |
| Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, bhikkhū appamattā viharanti tikkhaṃ maraṇassatiṃ bhāventi āsavānaṃ khayāya. (5–6.) | These are called monks who live diligently. They keenly develop rememberfulness of death for the ending of defilements. | |
| Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ: | So you should train like this: | |
| ‘appamattā viharissāma, tikkhaṃ maraṇassatiṃ bhāvessāma āsavānaṃ khayāyā’ti. | ‘We will live diligently. We will keenly develop rememberfulness of death for the ending of defilements.’ | |
| Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti. | That’s how you should train.” | |
+3.4 – AN 9.12 those who fall short of arahantship this life are considered negligent (pamāda)
AN 9.12 even those who die only attaining stream entry are considered negligent!
| Ayaṃ, sāriputta, navamo puggalo saupādiseso kālaṃ kurumāno parimutto nirayā parimutto tiracchānayoniyā parimutto pettivisayā parimutto apāyaduggativinipātā. (9) | This is the ninth person … | |
| Ke ca, sāriputta, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā bālā abyattā, ke ca saupādisesaṃ vā ‘saupādiseso’ti jānissanti, anupādisesaṃ vā ‘anupādiseso’ti jānissanti. | These foolish, incompetent wanderers following other paths: who are they to know whether someone has something left over or not? | |
| Ime kho, sāriputta, nava puggalā saupādisesā kālaṃ kurumānā parimuttā nirayā parimuttā tiracchānayoniyā parimuttā pettivisayā parimuttā apāyaduggativinipātā. | These are the nine people who, dying with something left over, are exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They’re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld. | |
| Na tāvāyaṃ, sāriputta, dhammapariyāyo paṭibhāsi bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ. | Up until now, Sāriputta, I have not felt the need to give this exposition of the teaching to the monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen. | |
| Taṃ kissa hetu? | Why is that? | |
| Māyimaṃ dhammapariyāyaṃ sutvā pamādaṃ āhariṃsūti. | For I didn’t want those who heard it to introduce negligence. | |
| Api ca mayā, sāriputta, dhammapariyāyo pañhādhippāyena bhāsito”ti. | However, I have spoken it in order to answer your question.” | |
+3.5 – AN 10.5 Appamāda-sutta: Is the best, all kusala Dharmas are rooted to this
| 15. Appamādasutta | 15. assiduity | |
| “Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā nevasaññināsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho; | “monks, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is said to be the best of all sentient beings—be they footless, with two feet, four feet, or many feet; with form or formless; with perception or without perception or with neither perception nor non-perception. | |
| evamevaṃ kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā. Appamādo tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati. (1) | In the same way, all skillful dharmas are rooted in assiduity and meet at assiduity, and assiduity is said to be the best of them. |
+3.6 – KN Dhp appamāda chapter
Dhammapada 21 - Dhammapada 32: appamada vaggo (chapter).
+3.7 – KN Snp 2.10 what need for sleep?
Sutta Nipāta 2.10 what need for sleep?
| ♦ 334. | Get up! | |
| ♦ uṭṭhahatha nisīdatha, | Sit up! | |
| daḷhaṃ sikkhatha santiyā. | Train firmly for the sake of peace. | |
| ♦ mā vo pamatte viññāya, | Don’t let the king of death, | |
| maccurājā amohayittha vasānuge. | —seeing you heedless— | |
| deceive you, | ||
| bring you under his sway. | ||
+3.8 – SN 3.17 appamada sutta: elephant footprint simile, maximize benefits this life and future ones
SN 3.17 appamada sutta: elephant footprint simile, maximize benefits this life and future ones
| “Appamādo kho, mahārāja, eko dhammo, yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati— | “Diligence, great king, is one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures benefits for both | |
| diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṃ samparāyikañcāti. | the present life and lives to come. | |
| Seyyathāpi, mahārāja, yāni kānici jaṅgalānaṃ pāṇānaṃ padajātāni, sabbāni tāni hatthipade samodhānaṃ gacchanti, hatthipadaṃ tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati—yadidaṃ mahantattena; | 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. | |
| evameva kho, mahārāja, appamādo eko dhammo, yo ubho atthe samadhiggayha tiṭṭhati— | In the same way, diligence is one thing that secures benefits for both | |
| diṭṭhadhammikañceva atthaṃ samparāyikañcā”ti. | the present life and lives to come.” | |
+3.9 – SN 6.15 Buddha’s last words at pari nirvana: appamādena sampādethā
| 15. Parinibbānasutta | 15. Final nirvana | |
| Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kusinārāyaṃ viharati upavattane mallānaṃ sālavane antarena yamakasālānaṃ parinibbānasamaye. | At one time the Buddha was staying between a pair of sal trees in the sal forest of the Mallas at Upavattana near Kusinārā at the time of his final nirvana. | |
| Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: | Then the Buddha said to the monks: | |
| “handa dāni, bhikkhave, āmantayāmi vo: | “Come now, monks, I say to you all: | |
| ‘vaya-dhammā saṅ-khārā, | ‘(the)-Dharma-[law of]-vanishing (applies to all) co-doings [and their products]. | |
| appamādena sampādethā’”ti. | (With) assiduity (you must) strive [to attain the goal].’” | |
| Ayaṃ tathāgatassa pacchimā vācā. | These were the Realized One’s last words. | |
+3.10 – SN 35.97 appamāda vihārī: guarding 6 sense doors activates 7sb
SN 35.97 guarding 6 sense doors,
activates 7sb☀️ and samadhi
| Kathañca, bhikkhave, appamādavihārī hoti? | And how does someone live diligently? | |
| Cakkhundriyaṃ saṃvutassa, bhikkhave, viharato cittaṃ na byāsiñcati cakkhuviññeyyesu rūpesu, | When you live with the eye faculty restrained, your mind doesn’t become polluted when it comes to sights known by the eye. | |
| tassa abyāsittacittassa pāmojjaṃ jāyati. | When the mind isn’t polluted, joy springs up. | |
| Pamuditassa pīti jāyati. | Being joyful, rapture springs up. | |
| Pītimanassa kāyo passambhati. | When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes pacified. | |
| Passaddhakāyo sukhaṃ viharati. | When the body is pacified, one feels pleasure. | |
| Sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati. | And when pleasureful, the mind becomes undistractify-&-lucidifyd in samādhi. | |
| Samāhite citte dhammā pātubhavanti. | When the mind is undistractify-&-lucidifyd in samādhi, principles become clear. | |
| Dhammānaṃ pātubhāvā appamādavihārītveva saṅkhaṃ gacchati … pe … | Because principles have become clear, you’re considered to live diligently. | |
+3.11 – SN 48.56 linked to 5ind, and official appamada defn.
+3.12 – SN 55.40 linked to 7sb, stream enterer who is negligent
| “Kathañca, nandiya, ariyasāvako pamādavihārī hoti? | “And how does a noble disciple live negligently? | |
| Idha, nandiya, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti— itipi so bhagavā … pe … satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti. |
Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha … | |
| So tena buddhe aveccappasādena santuṭṭho na uttari vāyamati divā pavivekāya, rattiṃ paṭisallānāya. | They’re content with that confidence, and don’t make a further effort for seclusion by day or solitude by night. | |
| Tassa evaṃ pamattassa viharato pāmojjaṃ na hoti. | When they live negligently, there’s no joy. | |
| Pāmojje asati, pīti na hoti. | When there’s no joy, there’s no rapture. | |
| Pītiyā asati, passaddhi na hoti. | When there’s no rapture, there’s no pacification. | |
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