Dighanikaya 8.382_3

8.382_3

Aparo tapanissitako lūkhājīvī appapuñño hoti, na labhati sukhena jīvitavuttiṃ. So ‘‘mayhaṃ pubbepi akatapuññatāya sukhajīvikā nuppajjati, handadāni puññāni karomī’’ti tīṇi sucaritāni pūretvā sagge nibbattati.

Another who is devoted to ascetic practice and lives a harsh life has little merit and does not obtain an easy means of living. Thinking, 'Because I made no merit in the past, an easy living does not arise for me; well then, I will make merits now,' he fulfills the three kinds of good conduct and is reborn in heaven.