Apramāda (Sanskrit; Pali: appamāda; Tibetan Wylie: bag yod pa) is a Buddhist term translated as "conscientious" or "concern".
It is defined as taking great care concerning what should be adopted and what should be avoided.
[1][2] In the Pāli Canon, a collection of the Buddha's earliest teachings, the term appamāda is quite significant and the essence of the meaning cannot be captured with one English word.
It is identified as one of the eleven virtuous mental factors within the Mahayana Abhidharma teachings.
"[3] Appamāda, therefore, means non-negligence, or non-laxity, non-intoxication, non-deluded correctly translated as "heedfulness", or whichever word fully captures the mood of the term.