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This was said by the Blessed One,
said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Be consummate in virtue, monks, and
consummate in the Patimokkha. Dwell restrained in accordance with the
Patimokkha, consummate in your behavior & sphere of activity. Train
yourselves, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the
slightest faults.
"When one is consummate in
virtue, consummate in the Patimokkha; dwelling restrained in accordance with
the Patimokkha, consummate in one's behavior & sphere of activity; training
oneself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest
faults -- what more is to be done?
"If, while he is walking, any
greed in a monk is done away with, any ill will, any sloth & drowsiness,
any restlessness & anxiety, any uncertainty is done away with; if his
persistence is aroused and not lax; if his mindfulness is established &
unmuddled; if his body is calm & unaroused; if his mind is centered &
unified: then a monk walking with such ardency & concern is called
continually & continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused.
"If, while he is standing...
"If, while he is sitting...
"If, while he is lying down,
any greed in a monk is done away with, any ill will, any sloth &
drowsiness, any restlessness & anxiety, any uncertainty is done away with;
if his persistence is aroused and not lax; if his mindfulness is established
& unmuddled; if his body is calm & unaroused; if his mind is centered
& unified: then a monk lying down with such ardency & concern is called
continually & continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused."
Controlled in walking,
controlled in standing,
controlled in sitting,
controlled in lying down,
controlled in flexing & extending his limbs
-- above, around, & below,
as far as the worlds extend --
observing the arising & passing away
of phenomena,
of aggregates:
a monk who dwells thus ardently,
not restlessly, at peace --
always
mindful,
training in the mastery
of awareness-tranquillity --
is said to be continually
resolute.
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