Dhammapada

Appamadavagga ⧸ Gāthā 32

Appamādarato bhikkhu pamāde bhaya dassivā
Abhabbo parihāṇāya nibbāṇasseva santike

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On Earnestness ⧸ Verse 32

The monk who delights in heedfulness and looks with fear at heedlessness will not fall. He is close to Nibbana.
English translation © 1985 Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka. From The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

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