"Bhikkhus, just as, of all woven cloths, Kasian cloth is declared to be their chief,

so too whatever wholesome states there are, they are all rooted in diligence, converge upon diligence, and diligence is declared to be the chief among them.

When a bhikkhu is diligent, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path.

And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu who is diligent develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path?

Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration,
- which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release;
- which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal;
- which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu who is diligent develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path."

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici tantāvutānaṃ vatthānaṃ, kāsikavatthaṃ tesaṃ aggamakkhāyati;

evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci kusalā dhammā, sabbe te appamādamūlakā appamādasamosaraṇā; appamādo tesaṃ dhammānaṃ aggamakkhāyati.

Appamattassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṃ – ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvessati ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkarissati.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ…pe… sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ…pe…

evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appamatto ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkarotī”ti.

Dasamaṃ.
(Yadapi tathāgataṃ, tadapi vitthāretabbaṃ).
Appamādapeyyālavaggo pañcamo.

Tathāgataṃ padaṃ kūṭaṃ,
mūlaṃ sāro ca vassikaṃ;
Rājā candimasūriyā ca,
vatthena dasamaṃ padaṃ.