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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

25. Non-Decline (3)

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 "Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi. Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha … pe … katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā? Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū saddhā bhavissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṃ pāṭikankhā, no parihāni.

2 Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū hirimanto bhavissanti … pe … ottappino bhavissanti … bahussutā bhavissanti … āraddhavīriyā bhavissanti … satimanto bhavissanti … paññavanto bhavissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṃ pāṭikankhā, no parihāni.

3 Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṃ pāṭikankhā, no parihānī"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.