Iti 23Both Kinds of Benefit
Pāli / Sanskrit:Ubhayatthasutta
Heedfulness with regard to skillful qualities keeps both kinds of benefit secure: benefit in this live and benefit in lives to come.
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– So It Was Said 23
The Book of the Ones Chapter Three Both Kinds of Benefit
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“This one thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both this life and lives to come. What one thing? Diligence in skillful qualities. This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, secures equal benefits for both this life and lives to come.”
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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