Pali - Every few days - [B110]
Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 6 � Further Readings
Ex. 1 (Part 3 of 3)

�Yadaa pana te, So.na, vii.naaya tantiyo na accaayataa
honti naatisithilaa same gu.ne pati.t.thitaa, api nu
te vii.naa tasmi.m samaye saravatii vaa hoti
kamma~n~naa vaa�ti?
�Then when, Sona, the strings of the lute are neither
too tight nor too loose, would the lute sound
melodically over time or be fit to play?�

�Eva.m, bhante�.
�Yes, venerable sir�.

�Evameva.m kho, So.na, accaaraddhaviiriya.m
uddhaccaaya sa.mvattati, atisithilaviiriya.m
kosajjaaya sa.mvattati. Tasmaatiha tva.m, So.na,
viiriyasamata.m adhi.t.thaha, indriyaana.m ca samata.m
pa.tivijjha, tattha ca nimitta.m ga.nhaahii�-ti.
�Indeed in the same way, Sona, over-exertion leads to
agitation, too little exertion leads to idleness.
Therefore here, Sona, practice evenness of energy,
acquire an evenness of faculties, and take up your
object of concentration�.

(A.N. 6.6.1. So.nasutta.m
Anguttara Nikaya VI.55 Sona Sutta
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/anguttara/an6-55.html)

Metta,
John