iti23:0.1So It Was Said 23
iti23:0.2The Book of the Ones
iti23:0.3Chapter Three
iti23:0.4Both Kinds of Benefit
iti23:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti23:2.1“This one thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both
iti23:2.2this life and lives to come.
iti23:2.3What one thing?
iti23:2.4Diligence in skillful qualities.
iti23:2.5This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both
iti23:2.6this life and lives to come.”
iti23:2.7The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti23:2.8On this it is said:
iti23:3.1“The astute praise diligence
iti23:3.2in making merit.
iti23:3.3Being diligent, an astute person
iti23:3.4secures both benefits:
iti23:4.1the benefit in this life,
iti23:4.2and in lives to come.
iti23:4.3Attentive, comprehending the meaning,
iti23:4.4they are said to be astute.”
iti23:5.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.