Difference between revisions of "Appamāda"
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"[[Monks]], when one quality is established in a [[monk]], the [[five faculties]] are developed & developed well. Which one quality? [[Heedfulness]]. | "[[Monks]], when one quality is established in a [[monk]], the [[five faculties]] are developed & developed well. Which one quality? [[Heedfulness]]. | ||
| − | "And what is [[heedfulness]]? There is the case where a [[monk]] guards his [[mind]] with regard to [[mental]] [[Wikipedia:|fermentation]] and [[mental]] qualities accompanied by {{Wiki|fermentation}}. When his [[mind]] is guarded with regard to {{Wiki|fermentation}} and [[mental]] qualities accompanied by [[fermentation]], the faculty of conviction goes to the culmination of its development. The faculty of persistence... [[mindfulness]]... [[concentration]]... [[discernment]] goes to the culmination of its development. | + | "And what is [[heedfulness]]? There is the case where a [[monk]] guards his [[mind]] with regard to [[mental]] [[Wikipedia:|fermentation]] and [[mental]] qualities accompanied by {{Wiki|fermentation}}. When his [[mind]] is guarded with regard to {{Wiki|fermentation}} and [[mental]] qualities accompanied by [[fermentation]], the {{Wiki|faculty}} of conviction goes to the culmination of its [[development]]. The {{Wiki|faculty}} of persistence... [[mindfulness]]... [[concentration]]... [[discernment]] goes to the culmination of its [[development]]. |
"This is how when one quality is established in a [[monk]], the [[five faculties]] are developed & developed well." | "This is how when one quality is established in a [[monk]], the [[five faculties]] are developed & developed well." | ||
Revision as of 05:44, 19 September 2014
appamāda: Heedfulness; diligence; zeal. The cornerstone of all skillful mental states, and one of such fundamental import that the Buddha's stressed it in his parting words to his disciples: "All fabrications are subject to decay. Bring about completion by being heedful!" (appamādena sampādetha).
"Monks, when one quality is established in a monk, the five faculties are developed & developed well. Which one quality? Heedfulness.
"And what is heedfulness? There is the case where a monk guards his mind with regard to mental fermentation and mental qualities accompanied by fermentation. When his mind is guarded with regard to fermentation and mental qualities accompanied by fermentation, the faculty of conviction goes to the culmination of its development. The faculty of persistence... mindfulness... concentration... discernment goes to the culmination of its development.
"This is how when one quality is established in a monk, the five faculties are developed & developed well."
