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One should not run back to the past (atītaṃ nānvāgameyya),
nor place expectation in the future;
what is past has been abandoned,
and the future has not yet arrived.
Whoever sees with insight the presently arisen dhamma,
right there, in each instance —
the unwavering, the unshakable —
having known that, let him cultivate it.
Today itself the ardor (ātappa) must be done;
who knows whether death will come tomorrow?
For there is no bargaining for us
with Death (Maccu) and his great army.
One who dwells thus, ardent (ātāpī),
untiring by day and by night —
it is he, truly, whom the peaceful sage (muni) declares
'one who has a single auspicious night (bhaddekaratta).'
Bhikkhus, when it was said, "I shall teach you the summary (uddesa) and the analysis (vibhaṅga) of one who has a single auspicious night," it was in reference to this that it was said.
This is what the Blessed One said. Elated, those bhikkhus rejoiced in the Blessed One's words.
The Bhaddekaratta Sutta, the first, is concluded.
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The Ānandabhaddekaratta Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.