What does "appamada" mean?

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UPED appamāda & pamāda

appamāda & pamāda: frequently translated as heedful / heedless diligent / negligent careful / careless appamāda = assiduity The above translations are good, and they work in most contexts, but it’s missing a very important piece. It’s missing the perseverance, the grit, the tenacity, the all out every moment 24/7 give it everything you got mentality. Practicing with the urgency like your head is fire. video example Assiduity is the perfect translation because it captures that relentless, u…

@frankk

appamāda & pamāda: frequently translated as

• heedful / heedless
• diligent / negligent
• careful / careless

appamāda = assiduity

@frankk

the last words of the buddha before he entered pari-nibbaana:

handa daani bhikkhave, aamantayaami vo,
vaayaa dhammaa sankhaara,
appamaadena sampaadetha ,
ayam tathaagatassa pacchima vaaca.

appamada got the last word over yoniso manasikara, if that counts for anything.

@frankk

in the simile of the elephants footprint, which is the largest and encompasses all other animal foot prints, “appamada” is the quality used in comparsion. i don’t think that simile gets used for “yoniso manasikara”.

@SCMatt

Bhikkhus, this is the forerunner and precursor of the rising of the sun, that is, the dawn. So too, bhikkhus, for a bhikkhu this is the forerunner and precursor of the arising of the seven factors of enlightenment, that is, careful attention. When a bhikkhu is accomplished in careful attention, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the seven factors of enlightenment.

-SN46.13

@Mat

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you about one who dwells negligently, and about one who dwells diligently. Listen to that….
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