Viyahapannatti 12.1.532

12.1.532

"O Venerable Sir!" Saying thus, the venerable Gautama paid homage to and bowed down before the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having paid homage and bowed down, he spoke thus: "How many kinds of vigilance, Venerable Sir, have been taught?"
"Gautama! Three kinds of vigilance have been taught, namely: vigilance of the enlightened, vigilance of the un-enlightened, and vigilance of the discerning."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said that three kinds of vigilance have been taught, namely: vigilance of the enlightened, vigilance of the un-enlightened, and vigilance of the discerning?"
"Gautama! These arhats, lords, who possess arisen knowledge and vision, worthy, conquerors, omniscient, knowers of the past, present, and future, omniscient, all-seeing—these, being enlightened, keep the vigilance of the enlightened.
These homeless ascetics, the venerable ones, who are vigilant in walking, vigilant in speech, vigilant in begging, vigilant in taking up and putting down bowls and utensils, vigilant in disposing of feces, urine, spittle, snot, and bodily dirt, vigilant in mind, vigilant in speech, vigilant in body, restrained in mind, restrained in speech, restrained in body, guarded, with senses guarded, living in guarded celibacy—these, being un-enlightened, keep the vigilance of the un-enlightened.
These lay followers who comprehend the sentient and non-sentient souls, up to practicing austerities and cultivating their souls with assumed vows—these keep the vigilance of the discerning. For this reason, Gautama, it is said that three kinds of vigilance have been taught, namely: vigilance of the enlightened, vigilance of the un-enlightened, and vigilance of the discerning."