{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.68/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.68","id":"suttacentral_an10.68","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.68/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha stayed near Na\u1e37akap\u0101na in the grove of flame-of-the-forest trees. Now, at that time it was the sabbath, and the Buddha was sitting surrounded by the Sa\u1e45gha of monks. The Buddha spent much of the night educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the monks with a Dhamma talk. Then he looked around the Sa\u1e45gha of monks, who were so very silent. He addressed Venerable S\u0101riputta, \u201cS\u0101riputta, the Sa\u1e45gha of monks is rid of dullness and drowsiness. Give them some Dhamma talk as you feel inspired. My back is sore, I\u2019ll stretch it.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d S\u0101riputta replied. And then the Buddha spread out his outer robe folded in four and laid down in the lion\u2019s posture\u2014on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other\u2014mindful and aware, and focused on the time of getting up. There S\u0101riputta addressed the monks: \u201cReverends, monks!\u201d \u201cReverend,\u201d they replied. S\u0101riputta said this: \u201cReverends, whoever has no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom; who doesn\u2019t want to listen, doesn\u2019t memorize the teachings, examine their meaning, or practice accordingly, and is negligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. It\u2019s like the moon in the waning fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only decline. In the same way, whoever has no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom; who doesn\u2019t want to listen, doesn\u2019t memorize the teachings, examine their meaning, or practice accordingly, and is negligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. Whoever has faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom; who wants to listen, memorizes the teachings, examines their meaning, practices accordingly, and is diligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. It\u2019s like the moon in the waxing fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only grow. In the same way, whoever has faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom; who wants to listen, memorizes the teachings, examines their meaning, and practices accordingly, and is diligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.\u201d Then the Buddha got up and said to Venerable S\u0101riputta: \u201cGood, good, S\u0101riputta! Whoever has no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom; who doesn\u2019t want to listen, doesn\u2019t memorize the teachings, examine their meaning, or practice accordingly, and is negligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. It\u2019s like the moon in the waning fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only decline. In the same way, whoever has no faith \u2026 and is negligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. Whoever has faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom; who wants to listen, memorizes the teachings, examines their meaning, practices accordingly, and is diligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. It\u2019s like the moon in the waxing fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only grow. In the same way, whoever has faith \u2026 and is diligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.\u201d","title":"At Na\u1e37akap\u0101na (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":605}