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# SN 2.10 · Initiative (Utthana Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-2-10/
- Published: 2026-06-20T00:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:57:18.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 2.10. Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Discourse, English, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 06:23

Get up! Sit up! What's your need for sleep? And what sleep is there for the afflicted, pierced by the arrow, oppressed? Get up! Sit up! Train firmly for the sake of peace, Don't let the king of death, — seeing you heedless — deceive you, bring you under his sway. Cross over the attachment to which human & heavenly beings, remain desiring tied. Don't let the moment pass by. Those for whom the moment is past grieve, consigned to hell. Heedless is dust, dust comes from heedlessness has heedlessness on its heels. Through heedfulness & clear knowing you'd remove your own sorrow. 

See also: [Dhp 21](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-21/)\-32; Dhp 315; [SN 3.17](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-3-17/); [AN 4.37](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-4-37/).

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*Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.* From [Access to Insight](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.2.10.than.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (BCBS Edition). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) — for free distribution only. Never sold.