1At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, 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. In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them. A mendicant who is diligent can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.

And how does a mendicant who is diligent develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?

It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That’s how a mendicant who is diligent develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.

2Mendicants, 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. In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them. A mendicant who is diligent can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.

And how does a mendicant who is diligent develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?

It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion. That’s how a mendicant who is diligent develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.

3Mendicants, 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. In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them. A mendicant who is diligent can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.

And how does a mendicant who is diligent develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?

It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate, finish, and end in the deathless. That’s how a mendicant who is diligent develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.

4Mendicants, 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. In the same way, all skillful qualities are rooted in diligence and meet at diligence, and diligence is said to be the best of them. A mendicant who is diligent can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.

And how does a mendicant who is diligent develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?

It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment. That’s how a mendicant who is diligent develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”

1Sāvatthi­nidānaṁ.

"Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā neva­saññīnāsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā; appamādo tesaṁ dhammānaṁ aggamakkhāyati. Appamattassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṁ – ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodha­nissitaṁ vossaggapari­ṇāmiṁ … pe … sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodha­nissitaṁ vossaggapari­ṇāmiṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotīti.

2Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā neva­saññīnāsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā; appamādo tesaṁ dhammānaṁ aggamakkhāyati. Appamattassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṁ – ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati, ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapari­yosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ … pe … sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapari­yosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotīti.

3Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā neva­saññīnāsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā; appamādo tesaṁ dhammānaṁ aggamakkhāyati. Appamattassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṁ – ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amata­pariyosānaṁ … pe … sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amata­pariyosānaṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotīti.

4Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā neva­saññīnāsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā; appamādo tesaṁ dhammānaṁ aggamakkhāyati. Appamattassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṁ – ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbāna­pabbhāraṁ … pe … sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbāna­pabbhāraṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti ariyaṁ aṭṭhangikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotī"ti.

Paṭhamaṁ.