Appamadavagga ⧸ Gāthā 32
Appamādarato bhikkhu pamāde bhaya dassivā
Abhabbo parihāṇāya nibbāṇasseva santike
Abhabbo parihāṇāya nibbāṇasseva santike
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On Earnestness ⧸ Verse 32
A Bhikshu (mendicant) who delights in reflection, who looks with fear on thoughtlessness, cannot fall away (from his perfect state)—he is close upon Nirvana.
English translation by Max Müller, from The Sacred Books of the East (1881).
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