Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci balakaraṇīyā kammantā kayiranti, sabbe te pathaviṁ nissāya pathaviyaṁ patiṭṭhāya evamete balakaraṇīyā kammantā kayiranti;
“Mendicants, all the hard work that gets done depends on the earth and is grounded on the earth.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaroti.
In the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right efforts depending on and grounded on ethics.
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaroti?
How so?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati …pe…
It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. …
uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.
so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are completed by development.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkarotī”ti.
That’s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right efforts depending on and grounded on ethics.”
(Evaṁ balakaraṇīyavaggo sammappadhānavasena vitthāretabbo.)
(Tell in full as in SN 45.149–160.)
Dvādasamaṁ.
Balakaraṇīyavaggo tatiyo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Balaṁ bījañca nāgo ca,
Hard work, seeds, and dragons,
rukkho kumbhena sūkiyā;
a tree, a pot, and a spike,
Ākāsena ca dve meghā,
the atmosphere, and two on clouds,
nāvā āgantukā nadīti.
a ship, a guest house, and a river.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Mendicants, all the hard work that gets done depends on the earth and is grounded on the earth.
In the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right efforts depending on and grounded on ethics.
How so?
It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. …
so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are completed by development.
That’s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the four right efforts depending on and grounded on ethics.”
(Tell in full as in SN 45.149–160.)
Hard work, seeds, and dragons,
a tree, a pot, and a spike,
the atmosphere, and two on clouds,
a ship, a guest house, and a river.
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci balakaraṇīyā kammantā kayiranti, sabbe te pathaviṁ nissāya pathaviyaṁ patiṭṭhāya evamete balakaraṇīyā kammantā kayiranti;
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaroti.
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaroti?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati …pe…
uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro sammappadhāne bhāveti, cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkarotī”ti.
(Evaṁ balakaraṇīyavaggo sammappadhānavasena vitthāretabbo.)
Dvādasamaṁ.
Balakaraṇīyavaggo tatiyo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Balaṁ bījañca nāgo ca,
rukkho kumbhena sūkiyā;
Ākāsena ca dve meghā,
nāvā āgantukā nadīti.