Dhammapada

Appamadavagga ⧸ Gāthā 32

Appamādarato bhikkhu pamāde bhaya dassivā
Abhabbo parihāṇāya nibbāṇasseva santike

Click any Pāli word for an inline definition.

On Earnestness ⧸ Verse 32

A monk delighting in earnestness,
Or of carelessness afraid,
Is not liable to be lost,
Unto Nirvana nigh.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).

This project is open source and available on GitHub.