{"id":"an7.24","title":"Non-Decline for Mendicants (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.24","title":"Non-Decline for Mendicants (2nd)","units":[{"id":"an7.24:0","sourceIds":["an7.24:0.1","an7.24:0.2","an7.24:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.24\n3. Vajjisattakavagga\nDutiyasattakasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.24\n3. The Vajji Seven\nNon-Decline for Mendicants (2nd)"}},{"id":"an7.24:1","sourceIds":["an7.24:1.1","an7.24:1.2","an7.24:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha …pe…\nkatame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?","en":"“Mendicants, I will teach you seven principles that prevent decline.\nListen and apply your mind well …\nAnd what are the seven principles that prevent decline?"}},{"id":"an7.24:2","sourceIds":["an7.24:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū na kammārāmā bhavissanti, na kammaratā, na kammārāmataṁ anuyuttā; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the mendicants don’t relish work, loving it and liking to relish it, they can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.24:3","sourceIds":["an7.24:3.1","an7.24:3.2","an7.24:3.3","an7.24:3.4","an7.24:3.5","an7.24:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū na bhassārāmā bhavissanti …pe…\nna niddārāmā bhavissanti …\nna saṅgaṇikārāmā bhavissanti …\nna pāpicchā bhavissanti na pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gatā …\nna pāpamittā bhavissanti na pāpasahāyā na pāpasampavaṅkā …\nna oramattakena visesādhigamena antarāvosānaṁ āpajjissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as they don’t enjoy talk …\nsleep …\ncompany …\nthey don’t have corrupt wishes, falling under the sway of corrupt wishes …\nthey don’t have bad friends, companions, and associates …\nthey don’t stop half-way after achieving some trifling distinction, they can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.24:4","sourceIds":["an7.24:4.1","an7.24:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"As long as these seven principles that prevent decline last among the mendicants, and as long as the mendicants are seen following them, they can expect growth, not decline.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.24/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}