{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti23/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti23","id":"suttacentral_iti23","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti23/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. \u201cThis one thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both this life and lives to come. What one thing? Diligence in skillful qualities. This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both this life and lives to come.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cThe astute praise diligence in making merit. Being diligent, an astute person secures both benefits: the benefit in this life, and in lives to come. Attentive, comprehending the meaning, they are said to be astute.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Both Kinds of Benefit","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":123}