{"id":"an7.27","title":"Perceptions","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.27","title":"Perceptions","units":[{"id":"an7.27:0","sourceIds":["an7.27:0.1","an7.27:0.2","an7.27:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.27\n3. Vajjisattakavagga\nSaññāsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.27\n3. The Vajji Seven\nPerceptions"}},{"id":"an7.27:1","sourceIds":["an7.27:1.1","an7.27:1.2","an7.27:1.3","an7.27:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha …pe….\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?\nYāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū aniccasaññaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","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?\nAs long as the mendicants develop the perception of impermanence …"}},{"id":"an7.27:2","sourceIds":["an7.27:2.1","an7.27:2.2","an7.27:2.3","an7.27:2.4","an7.27:2.5","an7.27:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū anattasaññaṁ bhāvessanti …pe…\nasubhasaññaṁ bhāvessanti …\nādīnavasaññaṁ bhāvessanti …\npahānasaññaṁ bhāvessanti …\nvirāgasaññaṁ bhāvessanti …\nnirodhasaññaṁ bhāvessanti;","en":"not-self …\nugliness …\ndrawbacks …\ngiving up …\nfading away …\ncessation,"}},{"id":"an7.27:3","sourceIds":["an7.27:3.1","an7.27:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni. Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu, bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"they can expect growth, not decline. 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/an7.27/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."}