Ātāpīsutta

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Anātāpī, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anottāpī abhabbo sambodhāya, abhabbo nibbānāya, abhabbo anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya. Ātāpī ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ottāpī bhabbo sambodhāya, bhabbo nibbānāya, bhabbo anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāyā”ti. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Mendicants, without being keen and prudent a mendicant can’t achieve awakening, extinguishment, and the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. But if a mendicant is keen and prudent they can achieve awakening, extinguishment, and the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

“Anātāpī anottāpī, kusīto hīnavīriyo; Yo thinamiddhabahulo, ahirīko anādaro; Abhabbo tādiso bhikkhu, phuṭṭhuṁ sambodhimuttamaṁ.

“Neither keen nor prudent, lazy, lacking energy, full of dullness and drowsiness, unconscientious, lacking regard for others, such a mendicant is incapable of experiencing the highest awakening.

Yo ca satimā nipako jhāyī, Ātāpī ottāpī ca appamatto; Saṁyojanaṁ jātijarāya chetvā, Idheva sambodhimanuttaraṁ phuse”ti.

One who is mindful, alert, meditative, keen, prudent, and diligent, having cut the fetter of birth and old age, would experience supreme awakening <j>in this very life.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti. Sattamaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.