5.
The Chapter of the Diligence Consecutive Repetitions
1.
The Discourse on the Truth-finder
139. At Sāvatthī. "As far as there are beings, monks, whether footless or two-footed or four-footed or many-footed, whether material or immaterial, whether percipient or non-percipient or neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, the Truth-finder is declared the foremost among them, the Worthy One, the One Enlightened by himself; just so, monks, whatever wholesome mental states there are, all of them are rooted in diligence, converge in diligence; diligence is declared the foremost among those mental states. For a diligent monk, monks, this is to be expected - he will develop the noble eightfold path, he will cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how, monks, does a diligent monk develop the noble eightfold path, cultivate the noble eightfold path? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a diligent monk develops the noble eightfold path, cultivates the noble eightfold path."
"As far as there are beings, monks, whether footless or two-footed or four-footed or many-footed, whether material or immaterial, whether percipient or non-percipient or neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, the Truth-finder is declared the foremost among them, the Worthy One, the One Enlightened by himself; just so, monks, whatever wholesome mental states there are, all of them are rooted in diligence, converge in diligence; diligence is declared the foremost among those mental states. For a diligent monk, monks, this is to be expected - he will develop the noble eightfold path, he will cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how, monks, does a diligent monk develop the noble eightfold path, cultivate the noble eightfold path? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, with the removal of lust as its final goal, with the removal of hate as its final goal, with the removal of delusion as its final goal, etc. he develops right concentration, with the removal of lust as its final goal, with the removal of hate as its final goal, with the removal of delusion as its final goal. Thus, monks, a diligent monk develops the noble eightfold path, cultivates the noble eightfold path."
"As far as there are beings, monks, whether footless or two-footed or four-footed or many-footed, whether material or immaterial, whether percipient or non-percipient or neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, the Truth-finder is declared the foremost among them, the Worthy One, the One Enlightened by himself; just so, monks, whatever wholesome mental states there are, all of them are rooted in diligence, converge in diligence; diligence is declared the foremost among those mental states. For a diligent monk, monks, this is to be expected - he will develop the noble eightfold path, he will cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how, monks, does a diligent monk develop the noble eightfold path, cultivate the noble eightfold path? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, grounded upon the Deathless, heading for the Deathless, with the Deathless as its final goal, etc. he develops right concentration, grounded upon the Deathless, heading for the Deathless, with the Deathless as its final goal. Thus, monks, a diligent monk develops the noble eightfold path, cultivates the noble eightfold path."
"As far as there are beings, monks, whether footless or two-footed or four-footed or many-footed, whether material or immaterial, whether percipient or non-percipient or neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient, the Truth-finder is declared the foremost among them, the Worthy One, the One Enlightened by himself; just so, monks, whatever wholesome mental states there are, all of them are rooted in diligence, converge in diligence; diligence is declared the foremost among those mental states. For a diligent monk, monks, this is to be expected - he will develop the noble eightfold path, he will cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how, monks, does a diligent monk develop the noble eightfold path, cultivate the noble eightfold path? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, slanting towards Nibbāna, sloping towards Nibbāna, inclining towards Nibbāna, etc. he develops right concentration, slanting towards Nibbāna, sloping towards Nibbāna, inclining towards Nibbāna. Thus, monks, a diligent monk develops the noble eightfold path, cultivates the noble eightfold path." The first.
2.
The Discourse on the Footprint
140. "Just as, monks, whatever kinds of footprints there are of living beings that walk on the ground, all of them are included in the elephant's footprint; the elephant's footprint is declared the foremost among them, that is to say - in terms of its greatness; just so, monks, whatever wholesome mental states there are, all of them are rooted in diligence, converge in diligence; diligence is declared the foremost among those mental states. For a diligent monk, monks, this is to be expected - he will develop the noble eightfold path, he will cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how, monks, does a diligent monk develop the noble eightfold path, cultivate the noble eightfold path? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. Thus, monks, a diligent monk develops the noble eightfold path, cultivates the noble eightfold path." The second.
3-7.
The Five Discourses Beginning with the Peak
141. "Just as, monks, whatever rafters there are of a pinnacle building, all of them go to the pinnacle, slope towards the pinnacle, converge at the pinnacle; the pinnacle is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, etc. The third.
142. "Just as, monks, whatever root odours there are, black orris is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, etc. The fourth.
143. "Just as, monks, whatever heartwood odours there are, red sandalwood is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, etc. The fifth.
144. "Just as, monks, whatever flower odours there are, jasmine is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, etc. The sixth.
145. "Just as, monks, whatever petty kings there are, all of them become followers of a wheel-turning monarch, the wheel-turning monarch is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, etc. The seventh.
8-10.
The Three Discourses Beginning with the Moon
146. "Just as, monks, whatever radiance there is of the stars, all of it is not worth a sixteenth fraction of the radiance of the moon, the radiance of the moon is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, etc. The eighth.
147. "Just as, monks, in the autumn season, when the sky is clear and free from clouds, the sun ascending into the sky, having dispelled all the darkness in space, shines and burns and is brilliant; just so, monks, etc. The ninth.
148. "Just as, monks, whatever woven cloths there are, Kāsian cloth is declared the foremost among them; just so, monks, whatever wholesome mental states there are, all of them are rooted in diligence, converge in diligence; diligence is declared the foremost among those mental states. For a diligent monk, monks, this is to be expected - he will develop the noble eightfold path, he will cultivate the noble eightfold path. And how, monks, does a diligent monk develop the noble eightfold path, cultivate the noble eightfold path? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. Thus, monks, a diligent monk develops the noble eightfold path, cultivates the noble eightfold path." The tenth.
The Diligence Repetition Chapter is the fifth.
Its summary:
King, moon and sun, and cloth is the tenth stanza.