➥ parakkama:

• for parakkama:
  • application [to the practice]

Parenthesis of parakkama: application [to the practice]

Our parenthesis of parakkama follows how we likewise treat appamatta, ātāpī, and pahitatta:

• diligently, vigorously, and resolutely applied [to the practice].

appamatto ātāpī pahitatto. (SN iv 145)

➥ parakkamā: (main article see: parakkama)

Illustration: parakkamā, apply themselves [to the practice]

Wise people, those who meditate perseveringly, who constantly and resolutely apply themselves [to the practice], they reach the Untroubled, the unsurpassed safety from [the danger of] bondage [to individual existence].

Te jhāyino sātatikā niccaṁ daḷhaparakkamā
Phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṁ yogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ. (Dhp 23)

➥ parakkamo: (main article see: parakkama)

Illustration: parakkamo, application [to the practice]

And how is a bhikkhu proficient? In this regard, a bhikkhu abides energetically applied to the abandoning of spiritually unwholesome factors and the undertaking of spiritually wholesome factors, steadfast, unwavering in application [to the practice], not shirking the responsibility of [undertaking] spiritually wholesome factors.

Kathañca bhikkhave bhikkhu vidhuro hoti? Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu āraddhaviriyo viharati akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ upasampadāya thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu. (AN i 117)

Illustration: parakkamo, application [to his practice]

‘He amongst them who was supremely devout, being unwavering in application [to his practice], refrained from sexual intercourse even in a dream.

Yo nesaṁ paramo āsi brahmā daḷhaparakkamo
Sa vāpi methunaṁ dhammaṁ supinantepi nāgamā. (Snp 293)

➥ parakkamaṁ: (main article see: parakkama)

Illustration: parakkamaṁ, application [to the practice]

That which should be done by one of resolute energy, that which should be done by one desiring enlightenment, that I shall undertake to do. I will not fail. See my [unwavering] energy and application [to the practice].

Yaṁ kiccaṁ daḷhaviriyo yaṁ kiccaṁ boddhumicchatā
Karissaṁ nāvarajjhissaṁ passa viriyaṁ parakkamaṁ. (Tha 167)