2.
The Chapter on Diligence
21.
The heedful do not die, the heedless are as if already dead.
22.
They rejoice in diligence, delighted in the resort of the noble ones.
23.
The wise touch Nibbāna, the unsurpassed freedom from bondage.
24.
For one who is restrained, living righteously, diligent, fame increases.
25.
The wise one should make an island, which the mental flood cannot overwhelm.
26.
But the wise one guards diligence as the foremost wealth.
27.
For the diligent one, meditating, attains abundant happiness.
28.
Having ascended the palace of wisdom, free from sorrow, the sorrowful generation;
Like one standing on a mountain looks upon those standing on the ground, the wise one looks upon the foolish.
29.
Like a swift horse leaving behind a weak one, the wise one goes on.
30.
They praise diligence, heedlessness is always blamed.
31.
Goes burning up mental fetters, subtle and gross, like a fire.
32.
Is unable to decline, he is near to Nibbāna itself.
The Chapter on Heedfulness is concluded as second.