{"id":"an7.28","title":"Non-decline for a Mendicant Trainee","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.28","title":"Non-decline for a Mendicant Trainee","units":[{"id":"an7.28:0","sourceIds":["an7.28:0.1","an7.28:0.2","an7.28:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.28\n3. Vajjisattakavagga\nPaṭhamaparihānisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.28\n3. The Vajji Seven\nNon-decline for a Mendicant Trainee"}},{"id":"an7.28:1","sourceIds":["an7.28:1.1","an7.28:1.2","an7.28:1.3","an7.28:1.4","an7.28:1.5","an7.28:1.6","an7.28:1.7","an7.28:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“sattime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.\nKatame satta?\nKammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, indriyesu aguttadvāratā, bhojane amattaññutā, santi kho pana saṅghe saṅghakaraṇīyāni; tatra sekho bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘santi kho pana saṅghe therā rattaññū cirapabbajitā bhāravāhino, te tena paññāyissantī’ti attanā tesu yogaṁ āpajjati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants:\n“These seven things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.\nWhat seven?\nThey relish work, talk, sleep, and company. They don’t guard the sense doors and they eat too much. And when there is Saṅgha business to be carried out, they don’t reflect:\n‘There are senior mendicants in the Saṅgha of long standing, long gone forth, responsible. They’ll be known for taking care of this.’ So they get involved in that.\nThese seven things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee."}},{"id":"an7.28:2","sourceIds":["an7.28:2.1","an7.28:2.2","an7.28:2.3","an7.28:2.4","an7.28:2.5","an7.28:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti.\nKatame satta?\nNa kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, indriyesu guttadvāratā, bhojane mattaññutā, santi kho pana saṅghe saṅghakaraṇīyāni; tatra sekho bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘santi kho pana saṅghe therā rattaññū cirapabbajitā bhāravāhino, te tena paññāyissantī’ti attanā na tesu yogaṁ āpajjati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"These seven things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.\nWhat seven?\nThey don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. They guard the sense doors and don’t eat too much. And when there is Saṅgha business to be carried out, they reflect:\n‘There are senior mendicants in the Saṅgha of long standing, long gone forth, responsible. They’ll be known for taking care of this.’ So they don’t get involved in that.\nThese seven things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.28/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."}