{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn3.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn3.17","id":"suttacentral_sn3.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Seated to one side, King Pasenadi said to the Buddha, \u201cSir, is there one thing that secures benefits for both this life and lives to come?\u201d \u201cThere is, Great King.\u201d \u201cSo what is that one thing?\u201d \u201cDiligence, Great King, is one thing that secures benefits for both this life and lives to come. The footprints of all creatures that walk can fit inside an elephant\u2019s footprint. So an elephant\u2019s footprint is said to be the biggest of them all. In the same way, diligence is one thing that secures benefits for both this life and lives to come.\u201d That is what the Buddha said. \u2026 \u201cFor one who desires high delights again and again\u2014 long life, beauty, and health, heaven, and an eminent family\u2014 the astute praise diligence in making merit. Being diligent, an astute person secures both benefits: the benefit in this life, and in lives to come. An attentive one, comprehending the meaning, is said to be astute.\u201d","title":"Diligence","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":162}