6.
The Discourse on Faith
36.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
Then many deities of the Satullapa group, when the night was far advanced, with surpassing beauty, having illuminated almost the entire Jeta's Grove, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, they paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, one deity spoke this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
If faithlessness does not remain;
Fame and renown are his from that,
And he goes to heaven, having left the body."
Then another deity spoke these verses in the presence of the Blessed One:
One should overcome every mental fetter;
Sufferings do not befall one who does not cling
To mentality-materiality, one who owns nothing."
But the wise one guards diligence as the foremost wealth.
For the diligent one, meditating, attains the highest happiness."